del-

I. del-¹

Long.

Derivatives include linger, Lent, longitude, and lunge.

I. Probably extended and suffixed zero-grade form *dlon-gho-.

1.

a. long¹; along, longshore, from Old English lang, long, long;

b. langlauf, from Old High German lang, long;

c. belong, from Old English gelang, along;

d. long², from Old English denominative langian, to grow longer, yearn for, from Germanic *langōn;

e. linger, from Old English lengan, to prolong (possibly influenced by Old Norse lengja, to lengthen), from Germanic *langjan, to make long;

f. Lombard, from Latin compound Longobardus, Langobardus (with Germanic ethnic name *Bardi). a-f all from Germanic *langaz, long.

2.

a. length, from Old English lengthu, length;

b. Lent, from Old English lengten, lencten, spring, Lent, from West Germanic *langitinaz, lengthening of day;

c. ling¹, from Middle English lenge, ling, ling, from a Low German source akin to Dutch lenghe, linghe, “long one.” a-c all from Germanic abstract noun *langithō.

3. linguiça, longeron, longitude, lounge; eloign, elongate, longevity, lunge, oblong, prolong, purloin, from Latin longus, long.

II. Possibly suffixed variant form *dl̥ə-gho-. dolichocephalic, dolichocranial, from Greek dolikhos, long.

 

[Pokorny 5. del- 196.]

  II. del-²

To recount, count. O-grade form *dol-.

1. tell¹, from Old English tellan, to count, recount, from Germanic *taljan.

2. tall, from Old English getæl, quick, ready, from West Germanic *(ge-)tala-.

3.

a. tale, from Old English talu, story;

b. Taal², from Middle Dutch tāle, speech, language. Both a and b from Germanic *talō.

4. talk, from Middle English talken, to talk, from a source probably akin to Old English denominative talian, to tell, relate.

5. Perhaps Greek dolos, ruse, snare: dolerite, sedulous.

 

[Pokorny 1. del- 193.]

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