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Where does “*dailijan” come from?

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

Ancestry of “*dailijan”, step by step

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