deal

deal · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*dʰ(h₁)-oy-lo-“part, watershed”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*dailiz“part, deal”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*daili
4. Old English · inherited fromdǣl“part, share, portion”
5. Middle English · inherited fromdel
6. English todaydeal

From Middle English del, dele, from Old English dǣl (“part, share, portion”), from Proto-West Germanic *daili, from Proto-Germanic *dailiz (“part, deal”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰ(h₁)-oy-lo- (“part, watershed”). Cognate with Scots dele (“part, portion”), West Frisian diel (“part, share”), Dutch deel (“part, share, portion”), German Teil (“part, portion, section”), Danish, Slovene, and Swedish del (“part”), Icelandic deila (“division, contention”), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃 (dails, “portion”). Related to Old English dāl (“portion”). More at dole.

deal · verb, noun²

1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-der.?
2. Proto-Germanic*dailiz
3. Proto-Germanic*dailijaną
4. Old Englishdǣlan
5. Middle Englishdelen
6. English todaydeal

From Middle English delen, from Old English dǣlan (“to divide, part”), from Proto-West Germanic *dailijan, from Proto-Germanic *dailijaną (“to divide, part, deal”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰoh₁-i-l- (“part, watershed”). Cognates Cognate with West Frisian diele (“to divide, separate”), Dutch delen, German teilen, Swedish dela; and with Lithuanian dalinti (“divide”), Russian дели́ть (delítʹ).

deal · noun, adjective³

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*þiljǭ“plank, board”
2. Old Saxon · derived fromthili
3. Middle Low German · derived fromdele
4. Middle English · inherited fromdele“plank”
5. English todaydeal

From Middle English dele (“plank”), from Middle Low German dele, from Old Saxon thili, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þiljǭ (“plank, board”); cognate with Old English þille. Doublet of (dialectal) theal and thill.

Deal · proper noun⁴

1. Old English · derived fromdæl“valley”
2. English todayDeal

From Old English dæl (“valley”), corresponding to modern dale.

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