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Where does “dill” come from?

dill (Icelandic) comes from English deal, from Middle English del, from Old English dǣl, from Proto-West Germanic daili, from Proto-Germanic dailiz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl- — part, watershed.

dill (Icelandic): spot, dot, fleck; a pixel; deal, agreement,...

Definitions

  1. spot, dot, fleck; a pixel; deal, agreement,...

Ancestry of “dill”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdealA division, a portion, a share; An indefinite...
2Middle EnglishdelA part, proportion or section of something; The...
3Old Englishdǣlpart, share, portion; part, distribution
4Proto-West Germanicdailipart
5Proto-Germanicdailizpart, portion, deal
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰayl-part, watershed

Words derived from “dill”

  • dílaskarfur
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