Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dilō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle, nurse”).

Noun

*dilō f

(anatomy) nipple

Inflection

Declension of *dilō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*dilō	*dilôz
vocative	*dilō	*dilôz
accusative	*dilǭ	*dilōz
genitive	*dilōz	*dilǫ̂
dative	*dilōi	*dilōmaz
instrumental	*dilō	*dilōmiz

Synonyms

*spenô
*tatt-
*titt-
*tutt-

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *dilu
- Old English: delu
- Old High German: tila, tilla; tili, tilli
Old Norse: *dilr, *dill (< *dilaz)
- Swedish: del m (dialectal)
- ⇒ Old Norse: dilkr
  - Icelandic: dilkur

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*delō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 93
Vladimir Orel (2003) “*đelaz ~ -đelō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 70