Where does “bydel” come from?
bydel (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål del, from Middle Low German dēl, from Old Saxon dēl, from Proto-West Germanic daili, from Proto-Germanic dailiz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl- — part, watershed.
bydel (Norwegian Bokmål): part of town
Ancestry of “bydel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | del | part, portion, share; imperative of dele |
| 2 | Middle Low German | dēl | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | dēl | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | daili | part |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | dailiz | part, portion, deal |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰayl- | part, watershed |