dale English · revision 13499

− It is [[inh|ang|dæl|t=valley, gorge]] (before 899, in Alfred's Orosius),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from [[m|gem-pro|*dalaz]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) cognate with Old Saxon and Dutch dal, German Tal, Old Norse dalr and Gothic dal.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) Barnhart and Merriam-Webster link it with Greek thólos, round building, and Old Church Slavonic dolŭ, pit, from a root meaning something curved or hollow;^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024)^(Etymonline) Hoad thinks the relations doubtful.^(Hoad 1986) It is related to [[dell]].^(NODE 1998)