- del-4
- del-4English meaning: to rainDeutsche Übersetzung: “tröpfeln”Material: Arm. teɫ “ heavy rain “, teɫam, -em, -um “to rain, shower, sprinkle, irrigate “, tiɫm (*teɫim?), gen. tɫmoi; M.Ir. delt m. “dew”; also FlN; Bret. delt “humid, wet, moist “; Gmc. *dol-kó- or *dol-gho- in dO.N. Swe. Nor. talg “tallow, suet”, O.E. *tealg, M.Eng. talgh, Eng. tallow, nnl. talk, Ger. Talg (from N.Ger.); ablaut. O.N. tolgr (*tl̥-kó-) ds.Note: M.Ir. delt m. “dew”; Bret. delt “humid, wet, moist “ display Alb.-illyr -k > -th, -t subsequent phonetic mutations.References: Petersson Heterokl. 198 f., different Kluge11 under “tallow, suet”.
Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.