Where does “dǣl” come from?

dǣl (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic daili, from Proto-Germanic dailiz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl- — part, watershed.

dǣl (Old English): part, share, portion; part, distribution

Definitions

  1. part, share, portion; part, distribution

Ancestry of “dǣl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicdailipart
2Proto-Germanicdailizpart, portion, deal
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰayl-part, watershed

Words derived from “dǣl”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dailiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic daili →