Where does “dale” come from?

dale (Tagalog) comes from Spanish dale, from Spanish abajo, from Spanish bajo, from Latin Bassus, from Ancient Greek βάσις, from Proto-Hellenic gʷə́tis, from Proto-Indo-European gʷémtis, from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- — to step.

dale (Tagalog): unprovoked attack verbal or physical

Definitions

  1. unprovoked attack verbal or physical

Ancestry of “dale”, step by step

dale traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish dale

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishdaleOK, okey dokey, right
2Spanishabajodown; downstairs; below
3Spanishbajoshort; low, ground; low, bottom, poor
4LatinBassusthick, fat, stumpy, short, low, base
5Ancient Greekβάσιςstep; rhythm; foot
6Proto-Hellenicgʷə́tisstep
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʷémtisstep, act of walking
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʷem-to step

via English Dale

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishDalefor someone living in a dale
2Middle EnglishdaleA dale or valley; A hole or barrow
3Old Englishdælpart; valley
4Proto-West Germanicdailipart
5Proto-Germanicdailizpart, portion, deal
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰayl-part, watershed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷem-