User blog comment:Nomad27/The Name Dale/@comment-29248623-20160828015536/@comment-29707962-20160828021448

Dale is one of the older english descriptions and names. It has the same root as a huge amount of words in other Languages, most commonly meaning "Valley", with some exceptions like the german "Delle", which means "dent".

Because I do not believe that a Writer does such a thing without noticing, this old origin could really point towards an also old origin in the NW. It would at least synergize greatly.