Where does “Teil” come from?

Teil (German) comes from Middle High German teil, from Old High German teil, from Proto-West Germanic daili, from Proto-Germanic dailiz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl- — part, watershed.

Teil (German): part, piece; fraction of a whole; thing

Definitions

  1. part, piece; fraction of a whole; thing

Ancestry of “Teil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanteil—
2Old High Germanteil—
3Proto-West Germanicdailipart
4Proto-Germanicdailizpart, portion, deal
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰayl-part, watershed

Words derived from “Teil”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl- →