dale
English
/deɪl/
noun
Definitions
- (mainly) A valley, often in an otherwise hilly area.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English dale inherited from Old English dæl (valley) inherited from Proto-Germanic *dalą (valley, dale).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*dalą
Gloss
valley, dale
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
谷, 溪
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Borrowdale English
- Calder English
- Calderdale English
- Clark English
- Clarksdale English
- Dalton English
- Limedale English
- Luce English
- Lucedale English
- Ribble English
- Ribblesdale English
- Riverdale English
- Swale English
- Swaledale English
- Tweed English
- Tweeddale English
- Wear English
- Weardale English
- borrow English
- daleside English
- dalesman English
- lime English
- river English
- run English
- rundale English
- Bergtal German
- Jammertal German
- Lavanttal German
- Moseltal German
- Tal German
- Taler German
- Talnebel German
- Talsperre German
- Talweg German
- Todestal German
- Bloemendaal Dutch, Flemish
- Nijverdal Dutch, Flemish
- dal Dutch, Flemish
- dalen Dutch, Flemish
- golfdal Dutch, Flemish
- kloofdal Dutch, Flemish
- pokdalig Dutch, Flemish
- rivierdal Dutch, Flemish
- tranendal Dutch, Flemish
- *dʰol- Proto-Indo-European
- *dailiz Proto-Germanic
- *dala- Proto-Germanic
- *daljō Proto-Germanic
- *dalą Proto-Germanic
- Tornedalen Swedish
- dal Swedish
- dalkarl Swedish
- dalripa Swedish
- U-dal Norwegian Nynorsk
- dal Norwegian Nynorsk
- dalføre Norwegian Nynorsk
- dalside Norwegian Nynorsk
- elvedal Norwegian Nynorsk
- riftdal Norwegian Nynorsk
- dæl Old English
- dale Middle English
- deale Middle English
- dalr Old Norse
- dæla Old Norse
- dal Danish
- dalalilja Icelandic
- dalur Icelandic
- dæla Icelandic
- fjalldalafífill Icelandic
- ríkisdalur Icelandic
- dal Middle Dutch
- tal Old High German
- tal Middle High German
- Dall Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌸 Gothic
- dal Old Dutch
- dal Old Saxon
- Tall Alemannic German
- dal Old Swedish
- *dal Old Frisian
- Doal Saterland Frisian
- tol Mòcheno