Where does “dǣlan” come from?

dǣlan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *dailijan, from Proto-Germanic dailijaną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰAil- — part, watershed.

dǣlan (Old English): to divide, part

Definitions

  1. to divide, part

Ancestry of “dǣlan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*dailijanto divide
2Proto-Germanicdailijanąto divide, to share, to deal
3Proto-Indo-EuropeandʰAil-part, watershed

Words derived from “dǣlan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰAil- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dailijaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *dailijan →