Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dailiz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰayl- (“part, watershed”). The Indo-European root is also the source of Proto-Baltic *daili- (Lithuanian dailiti (“divide”)), Proto-Slavic *dělъ (Old Church Slavonic дѣлити (děliti), Russian дели́ть (delítʹ)). Cognate with *dailą, *dailǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑi̯.liz/

Noun

*dailiz m or f

1. part, portion, deal

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *dailiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*dailiz	*dailīz
vocative	*daili	*dailīz
accusative	*dailį	*dailinz
genitive	*dailīz	*dailijǫ̂
dative	*dailī	*dailimaz
instrumental	*dailī	*dailimiz

Derived terms

• *dailijaną
  • *uzdailiją

Descendants

• Old English: dǣl m
  • Middle English: dele
    • Scots: dele
    • English: deal
      • → German: Deal
• Old Frisian: dēl m
  • North Frisian: deel
  • Saterland Frisian: Deel
  • West Frisian: diel
• Old Saxon: dēl m
  • Middle Low German: dēl, deil
    • German Low German: Deel m
    • → Norwegian: del
    • → Old Swedish: del
      • Swedish: del
    • → Danish: del
• Old Dutch: deil m
• Old High German: teil m
  • Middle High German: teil
    • Central Franconian: Dääl
    • German: Teil
    • Luxembourgish: Deel
• Gothic: 𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃 f (dails)