Where does “delfan” come from?

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

delfan (Old English): to dig; to dig up, excavate

Definitions

  1. to dig; to dig up, excavate

Ancestry of “delfan”, step by step

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

Words derived from “delfan”

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