Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/daili

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dailiz.

Noun

*daili m^[1]

part

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*daili
Genitive	*dailī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*daili	*dailī
Accusative	*daili	*dailī
Genitive	*dailī	*dailijō
Dative	*dailī	dailim, dailijum
Instrumental	*dailī	dailim, dailijum

Derived terms

*dailijan

Descendants

Old English: dǣl
- Middle English: dele
  - Scots: dele
  - English: deal
    - → German: Deal
Old Frisian: dēl
- North Frisian: deel
- Saterland Frisian: Deel
- West Frisian: diel
Old Saxon: dēl
- Middle Low German: dēl, deil
  - German Low German: Deel
  - → Norwegian: del
  - → Old Swedish: del
    - Swedish: del
  - → Danish: del
Old Dutch: deil
Old High German: teil
- Middle High German: teil
  - Central Franconian: Dääl
  - German: Teil
  - Luxembourgish: Deel
  - Yiddish: טייל (teyl)

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 287: “PWGmc *daili”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 287: “PWGmc *daili”

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