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

  1. to split, to share; to divide

Ancestry of “teilen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanteilen—
2Proto-West Germanic*dailijanto divide
3Proto-Germanicdailijanąto divide, to share, to deal
4Proto-Indo-EuropeandʰAil-part, watershed

Words derived from “teilen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰAil- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dailijaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *dailijan →