Where does “дѣлити” come from?

дѣлити (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic děliti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic doyl-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl- — part, watershed.

дѣлити (Old Church Slavonic): divide

Definitions

  1. divide

Ancestry of “дѣлити”, step by step

дѣлити traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Slavic děliti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicdělitito divide
2Proto-Balto-Slavicdoyl-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰayl-part, watershed

via Old Church Slavonic дѣлъ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicдѣлъ—
2Proto-Slavicdělъpart

Words derived from “дѣлити”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic doyl- →Every word from Proto-Slavic děliti →