*dailą

Runic: ᛞᚨᛁᛚᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈdɑi̯.lɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

part, portion, deal

Etymology

A Proto-Germanic/Balto-Slavic isogloss, per (Kroonen 2013). (Derksen 2008) notes Proto-Slavic *dělo (‘deed, act; work, operation, activity’) from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-l-, an l-extension of root dʰeh₁- (‘to put, make’). The pre-Germanic form would need to have been *dʰoih₁-l-om, with an o-grade diphthongized root. Related to *dailiz (‘part, portion, deal’) and dailǭ (‘part, portion, deal’, division).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.dailądailō
Acc.dailądailō
Gen.dailas, dailisdailǫ̂
Dat.dailaidailamaz
Inst.dailōdailamiz
Voc.dailądailō

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Descendants

  • dāl (Old English)
    • dal, dol (Middle English)
      • dole, deal (English)
      • dale, dail (Scots)
  • dēl (Old Frisian)
    • Deel (Saterland Frisian)
    • diel (West Frisian)
  • dēl, deil (Old Saxon)
    • dēl, deil (Middle Low German)
      • Deel (Low German)
      • Deel (Low German)
  • *dēl, deil (Old Dutch)
    • dele, deel (Middle Dutch)
      • deel (Dutch)
        • deel (Afrikaans)
  • teil (Old High German)
    • teil (Middle High German)
      • Teil (German)
      • Deel (Luxembourgish)

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