Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/daljō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *dalą (“valley, dale”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑl.jɔː/

Noun

*daljō f

1. a dell

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *daljō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*daljō	*daljôz
vocative	*daljō	*daljôz
accusative	*daljǭ	*daljōz
genitive	*daljōz	*daljǫ̂
dative	*daljōi	*daljōmaz
instrumental	*daljō	*daljōmiz

Descendants

• Old English: dell m or n
  • Middle English: delle
    • Scots: dell
    • English: dell
• Old Frisian: *delle
  • West Frisian: delle, delling, delte (?)
• Old Saxon: *dellia
  • Middle Low German: delle
    • German Low German: Delle, Dell
• Old Dutch: *della
  • Middle Dutch: delle
    • Dutch: del
• Old High German: *tella
  • Middle High German: telle
    • German: Delle (Central/Low German consonantism); Telle (obsolete, dialectal)
• Gothic: *𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰 (*dalja) (unclear derivation and reconstruction; see etymology at inflected and prefixed form 𐌹𐌱𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌹𐌽 (ibdaljin) ?)

References

• Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*đaljan ~ *đaljō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 67