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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dilō
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle, nurse”).
Noun
*dilō f
- (anatomy) nipple
Inflection
ō-stemDeclension of *dilō (ō-stem) | |||
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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