*dalą/dalaz

Runic: ᛞᚨᛚᚨ/ᛞᚨᛚᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈdɑ.lɑ̃/, /ˈdɑ.lɑz/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

valley, dale

Etymology

Uncertain; suggested to be cognate with Proto-Slavic *dôlъ (‘dale, valley’), and Welsh dôl (‘dale, valley’), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰól (H)-o-s (Derksen 2008; Mallory & Adams 1997). A possible derivation from *dʰelh₁- (‘to well forth, spring forth; to flourish, green’) is not out of the question, given the semantics of many reflexes, such as ‘leaf, green, fresh, blooming’, etc.

The West Proto-Germanic descendants are generally neuter (though Old High German tal is attested in both neuter and masculine), while the North Proto-Germanic descendants are masculine; the gender of the Gothic term cannot be determined. It is therefore unknown whether neuter *dalą or masculine *dalaz is the original form.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.dalądalō
Acc.dalądalō
Gen.dalas, dalisdalǫ̂
Dat.dalaidalamaz
Inst.dalōdalamiz
Voc.dalądalō

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Descendants

  • *dal (Proto-West Germanic)
    • dal (Old Dutch)
      • dal (Middle Dutch)
        • daal (Limburgish)
  • *dal (Proto-West Germanic)
    • dal (Old Dutch)
      • dal (Middle Dutch)
        • dal (Dutch)
          • dal (Afrikaans)
  • *dal (Proto-West Germanic)
    • dæl (Old English)
      • dale, dæle, deale (Middle English)
        • dale (English)
        • dale, daal (Scots)
  • *dal (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *dal, del (Old Frisian)
      • dal, dalle, dol (North Frisian)
      • Doal (Saterland Frisian)
      • delle (West Frisian)
  • *dal (Proto-West Germanic)
    • tal (Old High German)
      • tal (Middle High German)
        • Tall (Alemannic German)
        • Tal (German)
        • Dall (Luxembourgish)
        • Daal (Pennsylvania German)
        • טאָל (tol) (Yiddish)
  • *dal (Proto-West Germanic)
    • dal (Old Saxon)
      • dal (Middle Low German)
        • Daal (Low German)
          • Daal (Low German)
  • dalr (Old Norse)
    • dalur (Faroese)
    • dalur (Icelandic)
    • dal, dal'e (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • dalr (Old Norse)
    • dal (Danish)
      • dal (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • dalr (Old Norse)
    • dal (Old Swedish)
      • dal (Swedish)
  • 𐌳𐌰𐌻 (dal), *𐌳𐌰𐌻𐍃 (*dals) (Gothic)

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