Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dalą

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 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

Uncertain; suggested to be cognate with Proto-Slavic *dolъ (“below, down; valley, pit”), and Welsh dôl (“meadow, dale”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰól(h₂)os;[1][2] however, if not borrowed from Germanic themselves, is most likely a substrate loanword.[3] Also speculated here are Ancient Greek θόλος (thólos, “round building”), and θάλαμος (thálamos, “chamber, room”), though this is largely rejected.[4][5][6]

Pronunciation

Noun

*dalą or *dalaz n or m[7][8][9][3][10]

  1. valley, dale

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *dalą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *dalą *dalō
vocative *dalą *dalō
accusative *dalą *dalō
genitive *dalas, *dalis *dalǫ̂
dative *dalai *dalamaz
instrumental *dalō *dalamiz
masculine a-stemDeclension of *dalaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *dalaz *dalōz, *dalōs
vocative *dal *dalōz, *dalōs
accusative *dalą *dalanz
genitive *dalas, *dalis *dalǫ̂
dative *dalai *dalamaz
instrumental *dalō *dalamiz

Reconstruction notes

The West Germanic descendants are generally neuter (though Old High German tal is attested in both neuter and masculine), while the North Germanic descendants are masculine; the gender of the Gothic term cannot be determined. It is therefore unknown whether neuter *dalą or masculine *dalaz is the original form.

Derived terms

  • *dalê
    • Proto-West Germanic: *dalē
  • *daljō
  • *dōlijō

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1. dhel-, dholo-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 245-246
  2. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*dhólhₐos”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 618
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Boutkan, Dirk, Siebinga, Sjoerd (2005) “dele”, in Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 1), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 70: “PGMC: *dalaz; No certain IE etymology”
  4. ^ Chantraine, Pierre (1968–1980) “θάλαμος”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque (in French), Paris: Klincksieck, pages 419-420
  5. ^ Frisk, Hjalmar (1960–1972) “θάλαμος”, in Griechisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter
  6. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “θόλος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 550-551: “The comparison with a European word for ‘valley, etc.’, [..] should be discarded.”
  7. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*đalaz ~ *đalan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 67
  8. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*dala-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 87: “*dʰolh₂-o-”
  9. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Tal”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 719: “g. *dala- m./n.”
  10. ^ Hellquist, Elof (1922) “dal”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary]‎ (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, pages 84-85: “germ. *dala-”
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