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Where does “dailijaną” come from?

dailijaną (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European dʰAil- — part, watershed.

dailijaną (Proto-Germanic): to divide, to share, to deal

Definitions

  1. to divide, to share, to deal

Ancestry of “dailijaną”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-EuropeandʰAil-part, watershed

Words derived from “dailijaną”

  • deal
  • dealing
  • ordeal
  • Sturmabteilung
  • dealmaker
  • dealmaking
  • dealest
  • misdeal
  • postdeal
  • slavedealing
  • predeal
  • dealy
  • megadeal
  • dealie
  • redeal
  • dealable
  • underdealing
  • underdeal
  • ordalium
  • a good deal
  • dealwood
  • misdealer
  • interdeal
  • overdeal
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