Where does “*dailijan” come from?

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

*dailijan (Proto-West Germanic): to divide

Definitions

  1. to divide

Ancestry of “*dailijan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicdailijanąto divide, to share, to deal
2Proto-Indo-EuropeandʰAil-part, watershed

Words derived from “*dailijan

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰAil-Every word from Proto-Germanic dailijaną