dalle

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dallar

to scythe

da‧lle

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdaʝe/

Borrowed from Catalan

Borrowed from Occitan

Cognate with Lithuanian

Cognate with Latin

Cognate with Old Irish

In summary

Borrowed from Catalan dall or Occitan dalh, from Late Latin daculum (“sickle, scythe”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰalg-tlā, from *dʰalg-, *dʰalk- (“pricking, stabbing, or cutting tool; needle, pin; knife”), from *dʰelg-, *dʰelk- (“to stick, prick, stab”). See also Lithuanian dilgėlė (“nettle”), dilgus (“prickly”), Latin falx (“hook, sickle”), Old Irish delg (“spine, needle”).