Cognate Set 2038 – Meaning: bad

IE-CoR reference form:
dáligr
IE-CoR reference language:
Old Norse
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Justification:
North Germanic lexemes from ON dáligr 'wicked, harmful, miserable' (cf. de Vries 1977:73-74; no lemma in Heidermanns 1993, Orel 2003, Kroonen 2013.
Found in clades:
Germanic
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 1 clade by 5 lexemes.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
105   Norwegian: Bokmål dårlig ˈdòːɭɪ ˈdòːrlɪ
109   Swedish dålig ˈdòːlɪ(ɡ) ˈdòːlɪɡ
110   Danish dårlig ˈdɒːli
107   Elfdalian dålin dɔ̀ːlɪn dɔ̀ːlɪn
106   Norwegian: Nynorsk dårleg ˈdòːʁlɛɡ ˈdòːʁlɛɡ
References
  • de Vries, Jan: 73-74
    S.v. ON dár (2) 'unangenehm, gewalttätig', cf. also dáligr 'schlecht, schädlich, elend'.