Old English · noun

delu

Part of speech: noun, feminine
Declension: strong ō-stem
IPA: /ˈde.lu/
Syllables: ˈde · lu (2 syllables)
Modern English: nipple

Meaning

nipple

Declension

Declension of delu
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	delu	dela dele
Accusative	dele	dela dele
Genitive	dele	dela
Dative	dele	delum

All forms (4)

delu
dela
dele
delum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *delu, from Proto-Germanic *delō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“suckle”). Cognate with Old High German tila, Old Norse dilkr (dialectal Swedish däl), Ancient Greek θηλή (thēlḗ, “nipple”), Latin fēmina, Russian дои́ть (doítʹ), Latvian det, Scottish Gaelic deoghail (“suck”) and Breton denaff (“suck”) and Breton denañ (“suck”).

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