Etymology Explorer › Swedish

Where does “deltävling” come from?

deltävling (Swedish) comes from Swedish del, from Old Swedish del, from Middle Low German dēl, from Old Saxon dēl, from Proto-West Germanic daili, from Proto-Germanic dailiz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl- — part, watershed.

deltävling (Swedish): a part of a larger competition, a section, a...

Definitions

  1. a part of a larger competition, a section, a...

Ancestry of “deltävling”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishdelpart ; share
2Old Swedishdel—
3Middle Low Germandēl—
4Old Saxondēl—
5Proto-West Germanicdailipart
6Proto-Germanicdailizpart, portion, deal
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰayl-part, watershed
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