Where does “Dale” come from?

Dale (English) comes from Middle English dale, from Old English dæl, from Proto-West Germanic daili, from Proto-Germanic dailiz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl- — part, watershed.

Dale (English): for someone living in a dale

Definitions

  1. for someone living in a dale

Ancestry of “Dale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishdaleA dale or valley; A hole or barrow
2Old Englishdælpart; valley
3Proto-West Germanicdailipart
4Proto-Germanicdailizpart, portion, deal
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰayl-part, watershed

Words derived from “Dale”

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