Where does “dwale” come from?

dwale (Middle English) comes from Old Norse dvala, from Proto-Germanic dwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰwel-.

dwale (Middle English): dazed, stupor; deception, trickery; delusion;...

Definitions

  1. dazed, stupor; deception, trickery; delusion;...

Ancestry of “dwale”, step by step

dwale traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse dvala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsedvalato delay, put off
2Proto-Germanicdwalazconfused, stunned; foolish, misled, mad
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰwel-—

via Old English dwala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishdwala—

Words derived from “dwale”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰwel- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dwalaz →Every word from Old Norse dvala →