Where does “delvan” come from?

delvan (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic delban, from Proto-Germanic delbaną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰelbʰ- — to dig, excavate.

delvan (Old Dutch): to dig, excavate

Definitions

  1. to dig, excavate

Ancestry of “delvan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicdelbanto dig
2Proto-Germanicdelbanąto dig, hollow out
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰelbʰ-to dig, excavate

Words derived from “delvan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰelbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic delbaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic delban →
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