dhel-1, dholo-

    dhel-1, dholo-

    English meaning: curve; hollow

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Wölbung” and “Höhlung” (from “Biegung”)

    Note: From Root ĝhel-1 (and ghel-?), also as i-, u- or n-stem; ĝhelǝ- : ĝhlē-, ĝhlō- : ĝhlǝ- : “to shine; green, gold, blue, *sun” derived Root dhel-1, dholo- : “curve; hollow”, Root dhel-2 : “light, shining”, Root dhel-3 : “to tremble” [common Alb.-Illyr. ĝh- > d- phonetic mutation].

    Material: Gk. θόλος f. “ dome, cupola, domed roof, round building (sudatorium)”; Sicil. θολία, lak. (Hes.) σαλία “ round summer hat “, θάλαμος m. “ situated in the interior of house room, bedroom, pantry “, θαλάμη “cave, den (of animals)”, ὀφ-θαλμός “eye” (*ὀπσ-θαλμός “* eye socket “); Welsh dol f. “valley”, Bret. Dol in PN; O.N. dalr “bow”; Goth. dals m. or dal n. “valley, pit, pothole”, O.S. dal, O.E. dæl, O.H.G. tal n. “valley”, O.N. dalr m. “valley”; Goth. dalaÞ “ downwards “, dalaÞa “under”, dalaÞrō “ from below “ (here as *DaliÞernōz “ valley inhabitant “ the Daliterni of Avienus, German Alps in Valais, after R. Much, Germanist. Forschungen, Wien 1925), O.Fris. tō dele “down”, O.S. tō dale, M.L.G. dale, nnd. dal “down, low”, M.H.G. ze tal ds.; O.E. dell, M.H.G. telle f. “gorge, ravine, gulch” (*daljō); changing through ablaut O.N.dø̄ ll m. “ valley inhabitant “ (*dōlja-), Nor. dial. døl “ small valley, long gully resembling dent “ (*dōljō) = O.H.G. tuolla, M.H.G. tũele ‘small valley, dent “, mnl. doel “ditch, trench, channel”; O.N. dǣ la “gully” (*dēljō), dǣ ld ‘small valley” (*dēliðō); N.Ger. dole ‘small pit, pothole”, M.H.G. tol(e) f. “ drainage ditch “ (O.H.G. dola “gully, ditch, trench, channel, duct, tube, pipe” probably actually N.Ger.), O.H.G. tulli, M.H.G. tũlle, N.Ger. dölle ‘short duct, tube, pipe” (also N.Ger. dal stands for “duct, tube, pipe”); O.C.S. (etc) dolъ “hole, pit, pothole, valley”, dolu “ downwards “, dolě “under”.

    References: WP. I 864 f., Loth RC. 42, 86.