Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/daili

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

  • From Proto-Germanic *dailiz.

    Noun

    *daili m[1]

    1. part

    Inflection

    i-stem
    Singular
    Nominative *daili
    Genitive *dailī
    Singular Plural
    Nominative *daili *dailī
    Accusative *daili *dailī
    Genitive *dailī *dailijō
    Dative *dailī *dailim, *dailijum
    Instrumental *dailī *dailim, *dailijum

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Old English: dǣl
    • Old Frisian: dēl
      • North Frisian: deel
      • Saterland Frisian: Deel
      • West Frisian: diel
    • Old Saxon: dēl
      • Middle Low German: dēl, deil
        • German Low German: Deel
        • Norwegian: del
        • Old Swedish: del
        • Danish: del
    • Old Dutch: deil
    • Old High German: teil
      • Middle High German: teil
        • Central Franconian: Dääl
        • German: Teil
        • Luxembourgish: Deel
        • Yiddish: טייל (teyl)

    References

    1. ^ Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014), The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 287:PWGmc *daili