Dill

See also: dill and díll

English

Etymology

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Proper noun

Dill

1. A surname

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German

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German tille, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German tilli, from Proto-Germanic *deliz (“sow thistle”), an indigenous herb of uncertain origin; possibly Proto-Indo-European *dʰelh₁- (“sprout, bloom”) (Albanian dal, Old Irish duille) or from a substrate.

The modern consonantism is Central and Low German (cf. (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Low German dille). Cognate with Dutch dille, English dill.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪl/

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Noun

Dill m (genitive Dills or Dilles, plural Dille)

1. dill

Further reading

• “Dill” in Duden online

References

• “dile (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-24.
• Kluge, Friedrich, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache, 24 durchgesehene, Berlin, Walter de Gruyter, 2002.

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German dilla, from Proto-Germanic *þiljǭ. Cognate with German Diele, Dutch deel, English thill.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dil/
• Rhymes: -il

Noun

Dill m (plural Dill or Diller)

1. plank, board
2. bowling lane

Derived terms

• dillen