An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Dill

by Friedrich Kluge

Dill, masculine, ‘dill.’ In Modern High German the Low German form is current, just as in the case of Hafer. Middle High German tille, feminine, masculine, is used of the same umbelliferous plant (anethum), Old High German tilli, neuter; compare Anglo-Saxon dile, English dill; of obscure origin.