Where does “dal” come from?

dal (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch dal, from Proto-West Germanic *dal, from Proto-Germanic dalą, from Proto-Indo-European dʰel- — an arch, vaulting, curve, curvature, cavity;...

dal (Middle Dutch): valley; dip, lower area in the landscape; hole

Definitions

  1. valley; dip, lower area in the landscape; hole

Ancestry of “dal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchdalvalley
2Proto-West Germanic*dalvalley, dale
3Proto-Germanicdaląvalley, dale
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰel-an arch, vaulting, curve, curvature, cavity;...

Words derived from “dal

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰel-
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