dalk

Meaning

Noun

• A pin; brooch; clasp
• A hollow or depression.

Origin

• From Middle English dalke, dalk, from Old English dalc ("clasp, buckle, brooch, bracelet"), from Proto-Germanic *dalkaz ("clasp, pin"), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelg- ("to stick; needle, pin"). Cognate with Icelandic dálkur ("cloak-pin"), Latin falx ("scythe"). falx.
• From Middle English dalke; perhaps a diminutive of dale, dell. In that case from Old English *daluc, from Proto-Germanic *dalukaz.