Where does “deiling” come from?
deiling (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic deila, from Old Norse deila, from Proto-Norse ᛞᚨᛚᛁᛞᚢᚾ, from Proto-Germanic dailijaną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰAil- — part, watershed.
deiling (Icelandic): division
Ancestry of “deiling”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Icelandic | deila | to divide, to split; to divide; to share |
| 2 | Old Norse | deila | to divide, split into parts; to deal out,... |
| 3 | Proto-Norse | ᛞᚨᛚᛁᛞᚢᚾ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | dailijaną | to divide, to share, to deal |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰAil- | part, watershed |