*delō

Runic: ᛞᛖᛚᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈde.lɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

nipple

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-l-éh₂ from root *dʰeh₁(y)- (‘to suckle, nurse’). Cognates are Irish diúl (suckling, sucking), Ancient Greek θῆλυς (thêlus) (thêlus, ‘female’), Albanian dele (‘sheep’). Related to *dijōną (‘to suck, suckle’) and *dajjaną (‘to suck, suckle’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.delōdelôz
Acc.delǭdelōz
Gen.delōzdelǫ̂
Dat.delōidelōmaz
Inst.delōdelōmiz
Voc.delōdelôz

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Descendants

  • *delu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • delu (Old English)
    • tila, tilla, tili, tilli (Old High German)
  • *delr (Old Norse)
    • dilkr (Old Norse)
      • dilkur (Faroese)
      • dilkur (Icelandic)
      • dilk (Norwegian Nynorsk)

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