*dilī

Runic: ᛞᛁᛚᛁ Pronunciation: /ˈdi.liː/

noun · feminine · ī/jō-stem

Meanings

dill, anise

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰelh₁-íh₂ ~ *dʰl̥h₁-yéh₂-s, from root *dʰelh₁- (‘to flourish, grow’). Cognate with Latin folium (‘leaf, petal’), θάλλω (thállō, ‘to bloom, spout; to grow, flourish, thrive’), Old Armenian: դեղ (deł, ‘herb’), Albanian dal (‘to sprout’), and Welsh dail (‘leaves’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.dilīdiljôz
Acc.diljǭdiljōz
Gen.diljōzdiljǫ̂
Dat.diljōidiljōmaz
Inst.diljōdiljōmiz
Voc.dilīdiljôz

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Descendants

  • *dellī, *dili (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *dilli (Old Dutch)
      • dille, dile (Middle Dutch)
        • dille (Dutch)
          • dil (Afrikaans)
  • *dellī, *dili (Proto-West Germanic)
    • dile, dyle (Old English)
      • dile, dyle, dille, dylle (Middle English)
        • dill (English)
  • *dellī, *dili (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *dille (Old Frisian)
      • dille (West Frisian)
  • *dellī, *dili (Proto-West Germanic)
    • tilli, tilla (Old High German)
      • tille, tülle, tüll (Middle High German)
        • Dëll (Luxembourgish)
  • *dellī, *dili (Proto-West Germanic)
    • tilli, tilla (Old High German)
      • tille, tülle, tüll (Middle High German)
        • Dill, Dille, Till (German)
  • *dellī, *dili (Proto-West Germanic)
    • dilli (Old Saxon)
      • del, dell, dille (Middle Low German)
        • Dell (Plautdietsch)
  • dylla (Old Norse)
    • dylla (Icelandic)
  • dylla (Old Norse)
    • dild (Danish)
      • dild (Faroese)
      • dildi (Greenlandic)
  • dylla (Old Norse)
    • dill (Norwegian Bokmål)
    • dill (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • dylla (Old Norse)
    • dil (Old Swedish)
      • dill (Swedish)

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