Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dilō

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 *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle, nurse”).

Noun

*dilō f

1. (anatomy) nipple

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *dilō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*dilō	*dilôz
vocative	*dilō	*dilôz
accusative	*dilǭ	*dilōz
genitive	*dilōz	*dilǫ̂
dative	*dilōi	*dilōmaz
instrumental	*dilō	*dilōmiz

Synonyms

• *spenô
• *tatt-
• *titt-
• *tutt-

Related terms

• *dajjaną
• *dajjǭ
• *dēaną
• *dijōną
• *dilaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *dilu
  • Old English: delu
  • Old High German: tila, tilla; tili, tilli
• Old Norse: *dilr, *dill (< *dilaz)
  • Swedish: del m (dialectal)
  • ⇒ Old Norse: dilkr
    • Icelandic: dilkur

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*delō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 93
• Vladimir Orel (2003) “*đelaz ~ -đelō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 70