dalen

(Îngilîzî)

Pircarînî

C1
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/ˈdaːlə(n)/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

In summary

From Middle Dutch dālen, from Old Dutch *dalon. Equivalent to dal (“valley”) + -en. Derived in Old Dutch times, and apparently only shared with Low Saxon. The regular Germanic word is vallen, which has now acquired a more specific sense of “stumble” or “drop uncontrolledly”.

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