děl̨ьma

děl̨a; děl̨ьma; děl̨a; dьl̨a Grammatical information: prep. Proto-Slavic meaning: `because of'

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Old Church Slavic:

děl̨a `because of' [postp];

děl̨ьma `because of' [postp]

Russian:

dlja `for' [prep]

Ukrainian:

diljá (dial.) `for, because of, therefore' [prep]

Old Czech:

dle `because of' [prep]

Polish:

dla `for' [prep]

Old Polish:

dziela (Bogurodzica) `for' [prep]

Serbo-Croatian:

dijel (arch.) `because of' [prep]

Slovene:

dẹ̀lj `because of' [prep]

Lithuanian:

dė̃l `because of' [prep]

Latvian:

dēl̨ `because of' [prep]

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Other cognates:

This etymon cannot be separated from -> *dě̀lo , cf. Lat. causā `because of'. The form *děl̨a seems to be a petrified Isg., whilel *dělьma is an Idu. The presence of an element *-j- is unexpected.