Where does “tidel” come from?
tidel (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk 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.
tidel (Norwegian Nynorsk): a tenth
Definitions
- a tenth
Ancestry of “tidel”, step by step
tidel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk del
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | del | part, portion, share |
| 2 | Middle Low German | dēl | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | dēl | part, share, portion |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | daili | part |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | dailiz | part, portion, deal |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰayl- | part, watershed |
via Norwegian Nynorsk ti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | ti | ten; ti, a syllable used in solfège to represent... |
| 2 | Norwegian Nynorsk | si | feminine singular of sin; si, a syllable used in... |
| 3 | Norwegian Nynorsk | sidan | since; because, since; ago |
| 4 | Old Norse | síðan | since, after; afterwards, later on; from the time... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sīþuz | late |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | seh₁- | to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,... |