Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/delō

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

*delō f

(anatomy) nipple

Inflection

Declension of *delō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*delō	*delôz
vocative	*delō	*delôz
accusative	*delǭ	*delōz
genitive	*delōz	*delǫ̂
dative	*delōi	*delōmaz
instrumental	*delō	*delōmiz

Synonyms

*spenô
*tatt-
*titt-
*tutt-

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *delu
- Old English: delu
- Old High German: tila (for *tela, with -i- from tilla)
  - ⇒ Old High German: tilla, tilli (< *diljō)
Old Norse: *delr m (< *delaz)
- Swedish: däl (dialectal)
- Danish: dæl
- ⇒? Old Norse: dilkr (< *dilikaz?)
  - Icelandic: dilkur
  - Faroese: dilkur
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: dilk

References

Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “dilkur”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
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
Jan de Vries (1977) [1957–1960], “dilkr”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary] (in German), 3rd edition, Leiden: E[vert] J[an] Brill, →OCLC, page 77.