English
The Dalles
The Dalles comes from English dalles ‘steep-sided part of a stream channel’, from Middle French dalle ‘sink, gullet’, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic *dalą ‘valley’.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*dalą‘valley’reconstructed
- Old Norsec. 800–1350dæla‘a small dale, ship's drain or pump, a small bucket, a groove, trough, trench, eaves’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600dalle‘sink, gullet’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame formas dalles
- English1500–presentdalles‘steep-sided part of a stream channel’
- EnglishtodayThe Dalles
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*dalą‘valley’reconstructed
- Old Norsec. 800–1350dæla‘a small dale, ship's drain or pump, a small bucket, a groove, trough, trench, eaves’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600dalle‘sink, gullet’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame formas dalles
- English1500–presentdalles‘steep-sided part of a stream channel’
- EnglishtodayThe Dalles
Linked words
through Proto-Germanic *dalą ‘valley’
Today it means
name A city, the county seat of Wasco County, Oregon, United States.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *dalą / The Dalles