Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A period of time in which a system or component remains in a given state. · A brief pause in the motion of part of a mechanism to allow an operation to be completed. · A planned delay in a timed control program. · In a petrol engine, the period of time the ignition points are closed to let current flow through the ignition coil in between each spark. This is measured as an angle in degrees around the camshaft in the distributor which controls the points, for example in a 4-cylinder engine it might be 55° (spark at 90° intervals, points closed for 55° between each).
To live; to reside. · To linger (on); to remain fixated. · To be in a given state. · To abide; to remain; to continue.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰwel-der. Proto-Germanic *dwalaz Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *dwaljaną Proto-West Germanic *dwalljan Old English dwellan ▲ Old Norse dveljainflu. Middle English dwellen English dwell From Middle English dwellen (“delay, live, remain, persist”), from Old English dwellan (“to mislead, deceive; be led into error, stray”), from Proto-Germanic *dwaljaną (“to hold up, delay; hesitate”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwelH- (“to whirl, swirl, blur, obfuscate”), which is cognate with Old Norse dvelja and related to Proto-Germanic *dwelaną (“to go astray”), which underwent semantic change in its descendants. Cognates include Danish dvæle (“to linger, dwell”) and Swedish dväljas (“to dwell, reside”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentiondwellenenm · delay, live, remain, persist
- Inherited-form mentiondwellanang · to mislead, deceive; be led into error, stray
- Inherited-form mention*dwaljanągem-pro · to hold up, delay; hesitate
- Derivation mention*dʰwelH-ine-pro · to whirl, swirl, blur, obfuscate
- Cognate mentiondveljanon
- Cognate mention*dwelanągem-pro · to go astray
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