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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dilī

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 *dʰelh₁-íh₂s ~ *dʰl̥h₁-ih₂és,[1] from *dʰelh₁- (“to flourish, grow”) +‎ *-ih₂s. Cognate with Latin folium (“leaf”), Middle Irish duille (“leaf”), Welsh dalen (“leaf”), Ancient Greek θαλλός (thallós, “spout”), θάλλω (thállō, “to flourish, grow”), Old Armenian դալար (dalar, “verdant”), Albanian dal (“to sprout”).

Noun

*dilī f[1]

  1. dill, anise

Inflection
ī/jō-stemDeclension of *dilī (ī/jō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *dilī *diljôz
vocative *dilī *diljôz
accusative *diljǭ *diljōz
genitive *diljōz *diljǫ̂
dative *diljōi *diljōmaz
instrumental *diljō *diljōmiz

Alternative reconstructions
  • *deljǭ, *deljaz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *dili, *dellī
    • Old English: dile, dyle
    • Old Frisian: *dille
    • Old Saxon: dilli
    • Old Dutch: *dilli
    • Old High German: tilli, tilla
      • Middle High German: tille, tülle, tüll m
  • Old Norse: dylla
    • Icelandic: dylla
    • Norwegian:
      Norwegian Bokmål: dill
      Norwegian Nynorsk: dill
    • Old Swedish: dil
    • Danish: dild
      • → Faroese: dild
      • → Greenlandic: dildi

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*deli- ~ *delja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 92
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