Where does “tajlōng” come from?
tajlōng (Silesian) comes from German Teilung, from German teilen, from Old High German teilen, from Proto-West Germanic *dailijan, from Proto-Germanic dailijaną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰAil- — part, watershed.
tajlōng (Silesian): division
Ancestry of “tajlōng”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Teilung | sharing, splitting, division; division |
| 2 | German | teilen | to split, to share; to divide |
| 3 | Old High German | teilen | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *dailijan | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | dailijaną | to divide, to share, to deal |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰAil- | part, watershed |