Where does “dill” come from?
dill (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish dil, from Old Norse dylja, from Proto-Germanic duljaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
dill (Swedish): the herb dill
Ancestry of “dill”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Swedish | dil | — |
| 2 | Old Norse | dylja | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | duljaną | to mislead |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 7 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |