Etymology

dale

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Today it means: A valley, often in an otherwise hilly area. Full definition →

Middle English dale ← Old English dæl ← Proto-West Germanic *dal
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dale · noun1

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*dalą
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*dal
  3. Old English · inherited fromdæl
  4. Middle English · inherited fromdale
  5. English todaydale

From Middle English dale, from Old English dæl, from Proto-West Germanic *dal, from Proto-Germanic *dalą.

dale · noun2

Related to Low German daal or Dutch daal (“lowers, descends”) and French dalle (“trough; conduit”). Attested in English since the seventeenth century.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishdæl all →

dealdaltonBlithedaleRidsdale

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