delven

Middle Dutch

verb

Definitions

to delve, to dig, to excavate create by digging
to bury

Etymology

Inherited from Old Dutch *delvan inherited from *delban (dig) inherited from Proto-Germanic *delbaną (dig).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*delbaną

Gloss

dig

Concept

Semantic Field

Agriculture and vegetation

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

bedelven Dutch, Flemish
delfstof Dutch, Flemish
delven Dutch, Flemish
delver Dutch, Flemish
delving Dutch, Flemish
*dʰelbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
*delbaną Proto-Germanic
delf Old English
delfan Old English
*delban gmw-pro
*delvan Old Dutch
delva Old Frisian