dligh

Irish (Donegal)

/dʲlʲɪɟ/, /dʲlʲiː/

verb

Definitions

to deserve
to merit, earn
to owe, be obliged

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish dligid (deserve, be entitled to, merit) root from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelgʰ-.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*dʰelgʰ-

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

dolog Hungarian
*dʰelgʰ- Proto-Indo-European
*dulgaz Proto-Germanic
*dъlgъ Proto-Slavic
dliged Old Irish
dligid Old Irish
*dligeti Proto-Celtic
*dligetom Proto-Celtic