Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dus-
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This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Indo-European
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly from *dews- (“lack”).[1] De Vaan instead suggests a derivation from the root of *dwóh₁ (“two”) with sense development from "into two" > "apart" > "bad".[2]
Prefix
[edit]*dus-[3]
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- (perhaps) Armenian:
- Old Armenian: տ- (t-)
- Balto-Slavic:
- Proto-Celtic: *dus- (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Germanic: *tuz- (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic: *dus- (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *duš- (see there for further descendants)
- (perhaps) Italic:[2]
- Latin: dis-
References
[edit]- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “227”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 227
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “dis-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 171-172
- ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “Bad”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 43
- Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “Hostile”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 281
- Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “Lack”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 343