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, 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. 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
    • Middle English: dile, dyle, dille, dylle
      • English: dill
  • Old Frisian: *dille
    • West Frisian: dille
  • Old Saxon: dilli
    • Middle Low German: del, dell, dille
      • German Low German:

        North Low German: Dille

        Märkisch: Dull

        Westphalian: Dill

      • Plautdietsch: Dell
  • Old Dutch: *dilli
    • Middle Dutch: dille, dile
      • Dutch: dille
        • Afrikaans: dil
        • → Indonesian: dil
        • Negerhollands: dil
  • Old High German: tilli, tilla
    • Middle High German: tille, tülle, tüll m
      • German: Dill m, Dille f (Austrian German), Till m (obsolete)
        • → Kashubian: dil
        • → Latvian: dilles
        • → Romansch: dil
        • → Lower Sorbian: dyla
      • Luxembourgish: Dëll
• Old Norse: dylla
  • Icelandic: dylla
  • Norwegian:

    Norwegian Bokmål: dill

    Norwegian Nynorsk: dill

  • Old Swedish: dil
    • Swedish: dill
  • Danish: dild
    • → Faroese: dild
    • → Greenlandic: dildi