dejlig

Danish

/dajli/

adj

Definitions

delightful
lovely
beautiful
delicious
ironic fine, nice
adverbial delightfully, beautifully

Etymology

Inherited from Old Danish degeligh derived from Middle Low German degelik (prosperous, vigorous).

Origin

Middle Low German

degelik

Gloss

prosperous, vigorous

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

deeg Dutch, Flemish
degelijk Dutch, Flemish
deilig Norwegian Bokmål
degelik Middle Low German
degeligh Old Danish