Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *dalą/dalazScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_dalą_dalaz
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Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 4)RickDerksenBrill2008Encyclopedia of Indo-European CultureJames P.MalloryDouglas Q.AdamsFitzroy Dearborn Publishers1997dôldale, valley*dʰól*dôlъdale, valley
nounneutera-stemvalley, daleUncertain; suggested to be cognate with Proto-Slavic *dôlъ (‘dale, valley’), and Welsh dôl (‘dale, valley’), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰól (H)-o-s Derksen 2008Mallory & 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.