Where does “dēl” come from?

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

dēl (Old Saxon): part, share, portion

Definitions

  1. part, share, portion

Ancestry of “dēl”, step by step

dēl traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic daili

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

via Proto-Germanic dailą

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicdailąpart, portion, deal

Words derived from “dēl”

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