Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dōlijō

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

Vṛddhi derivative related to *dalą (“valley, dale”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdɔː.li.jɔˑ/

Noun

*dōlijō f^[1]^[2]

small valley, hollow

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *dōlijō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*dōlijō	*dōlijôz
vocative	*dōlijō	*dōlijôz
accusative	*dōlijǭ	*dōlijōz
genitive	*dōlijōz	*dōlijǫ̂
dative	*dōlijōi	*dōlijōmaz
instrumental	*dōlijō	*dōlijōmiz

Derived terms

*dōlijaz
- Old Norse: dœll (“valley dwellers”)
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: døl

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *dōliju
- Old Saxon: *dōlia
  - Middle Low German: dôle, dolle, dôlt
    - German Low German: Dole; Döle, Dööl
    - Low German: döle
    - → Old Frisian: dōl, dōle
      - Saterland Frisian: Doul
      - West Frisian: dôl, dôle, dolle
    - → Middle English: dool, dole, dowl
      - English: dool, dole, dowl, dule (dialectal)
      - Early Scots: dule
        Scots: dool, dule, dull
- Old Dutch: *dōla, *duola
  - Middle Dutch: doele, doel
    - Dutch: doel
      - Afrikaans: doel
      - → West Frisian: doel
- Old High German: tuola, tuolla
  - Middle High German: tole, tol, tüele
    - German: Dole; Düle, Tüle
Old Norse: dœl; dól
- Icelandic: dæl
- >? Faroese: døll (“small clayen bowl”)
- Norwegian Nynorsk: døl, døle

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*dōljō-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 98
^ Boutkan, Dirk, Siebinga, Sjoerd (2005) “dele”, in Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 1), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 70: “*dōl-jō”

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*dōljō-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 98

[2] Boutkan, Dirk, Siebinga, Sjoerd (2005) “dele”, in Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 1), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 70: “*dōl-jō”

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