Where does “dolg” come from?

dolg (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic dulgą, from Proto-Indo-European dʰelgʰ- — to hit, beat, slay; debt.

dolg (Old English): a wound, scar

Definitions

  1. a wound, scar

Ancestry of “dolg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicdulgąfight; injury, wound; scar
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰelgʰ-to hit, beat, slay; debt

Words derived from “dolg”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰelgʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dulgą →
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