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Where does “dālen” come from?

dālen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch dalon.

Ancestry of “dālen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchdalon—

Words derived from “dālen”

  • dollar
  • dollarization
  • Eurodollar
  • tala
  • petrodollar
  • nondollar
  • dollarisation
  • dollarize
  • dollarless
  • dollarwise
  • antidollar
  • megadollar
  • dollarbird
  • narcodollar
  • dollarfish
  • superdollar
  • dollarette
  • doleiro
  • talas
  • half-dollar
  • Hong Kong dollar
  • narcodolar
  • daladala
  • narcodolar
Every word from Old Dutch dalon →