*dōlijō

Runic: ᛞᛟᛚᛁᛃᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈdɔː.li.jɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

small valley, hollow

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰōl (H)-yéh₂, from a lengthened grade form of *dʰol(H)- (‘dale, valley’) or *dʰelh₁- (‘to well forth, spring forth; to flourish, green’). Related to *dalą/dalaz (‘valley, dale’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	dōlijō	dōlijôz
Acc.	dōlijǭ	dōlijōz
Gen.	dōlijōz	dōlijǫ̂
Dat.	dōlijōi	dōlijōmaz
Inst.	dōlijō	dōlijōmiz
Voc.	dōlijō	dōlijôz

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Descendants

*dōliju (Proto-West Germanic)
- *dōla, *duola (Old Dutch)
  - doele, doel (Middle Dutch)
    - doel (Dutch)
      - doel (Afrikaans)
      - doel (West Frisian)
*dōliju (Proto-West Germanic)
- tuola, tuolla (Old High German)
  - tole, tol, tüele (Middle High German)
    - Dole, Düle, Tüle (German)
*dōliju (Proto-West Germanic)
- *dōlia (Old Saxon)
  - dôle, dolle, dôlt (Middle Low German)
    - Dole, Döle, Dööl (Low German)
    - döle (Low German)
*dōliju (Proto-West Germanic)
- *dōlia (Old Saxon)
  - dôle, dolle, dôlt (Middle Low German)
    - dool, dole, dowl (Middle English)
      - dool, dole, dowl, dule (English)
*dōliju (Proto-West Germanic)
- *dōlia (Old Saxon)
  - dôle, dolle, dôlt (Middle Low German)
    - dool, dole, dowl (Middle English)
      - dule (Early Scots)
        
        dool, dule, dull (Scots)
*dōliju (Proto-West Germanic)
- *dōlia (Old Saxon)
  - dôle, dolle, dôlt (Middle Low German)
    - dōl, dōle (Old Frisian)
      - Doul (Saterland Frisian)
      - dôl, dôle, dolle (West Frisian)
dœl, dól (Old Norse)
- døll (Faroese)
- dæl (Icelandic)
- døl, døle (Norwegian Nynorsk)

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