Where does “dēlian” come from?

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

dēlian (Old Saxon): to deal out, to distribute

Definitions

  1. to deal out, to distribute

Ancestry of “dēlian”, step by step

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

Words derived from “dēlian”

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