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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*dailijan—
2Proto-Germanicdailijanąto divide, to share, to deal
3Proto-Indo-EuropeandʰAil-part, watershed

Words derived from “dǣlan”

  • deal
  • dealing
  • dealmaker
  • dealmaking
  • dealest
  • misdeal
  • postdeal
  • slavedealing
  • predeal
  • dealy
  • megadeal
  • redeal
  • dealie
  • dealable
  • underdealing
  • misdealer
  • dealwood
  • underdeal
  • interdeal
  • a good deal
  • overdeal
  • dealer
  • Deal
  • dealt
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