Where does “delen” come from?
delen (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon dēlian, from Proto-West Germanic *dailijan, from Proto-Germanic dailijaną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰAil- — part, watershed.
Ancestry of “delen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Saxon | dēlian | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *dailijan | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | dailijaną | to divide, to share, to deal |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰAil- | part, watershed |
Words derived from “delen”