Where does “deil” come from?

deil (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon dēl, from Proto-West Germanic daili, from Proto-Germanic dailiz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl- — part, watershed.

Ancestry of “deil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxondēlpart, share, portion
2Proto-West Germanicdailipart
3Proto-Germanicdailizpart, portion, deal
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰayl-part, watershed

Words derived from “deil”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dailiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic daili →