Where does “teilen” come from?
teilen (German) comes from Old High German teilen, from Proto-West Germanic *dailijan, from Proto-Germanic dailijaną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰAil- — part, watershed.
teilen (German): to split, to share; to divide
Definitions
- to split, to share; to divide
Ancestry of “teilen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old High German | teilen | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *dailijan | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | dailijaną | to divide, to share, to deal |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰAil- | part, watershed |
Words derived from “teilen”