dalk

dalk · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*dʰelg-“to stick; needle, pin”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*dalkaz“clasp, pin”
3. Old English · derived fromdalc“clasp, buckle, brooch, bracelet”
4. Middle English · derived fromdalke
5. English todaydalk

From Middle English dalke, dalk, from Old English dalc (“clasp, buckle, brooch, bracelet”), from Proto-Germanic *dalkaz (“clasp, pin”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelg- (“to stick; needle, pin”). Cognate with Icelandic dálkur (“cloak-pin”), Latin falx (“scythe”). Doublet of falx.

dalk · noun²

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*dalukaz
2. Old English · inherited from*daluc
3. Middle English · inherited fromdalke
4. English todaydalk

From Middle English dalke; perhaps a diminutive of dale, dell. In that case from Old English *daluc, from Proto-Germanic *dalukaz.

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