Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dʰew-

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dʰewh₂-, Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dʰews-, and Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dʰwes-

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

Etymology 1

Rix considers the "die" sense to be related to the "flow" sense in Etymology 2, the latter which he seems to view as the original. For a semantic parallel, compare English pass away.

Root

*dʰew-

1. to die, pass away

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰew- (die) (10 c, 0 e)

• *dʰew- (root present)
  • Proto-Albanian: *dej
    • Albanian: vdekje
      • Albanian: vdes
  • Proto-Germanic: *dewaną
• *dʰow-eye- (causative-iterative)
  • Proto-Germanic: *dawjaną (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *dawéiˀtei
    • Proto-Slavic: *davìti (see there for further descendants)
• *dʰu-iH-to-
  • Armenian:
    • Old Armenian: դի (di, “corpse”)
• *dʰu-iH-tu-
  • Celtic:
    • Old Irish: díth
• *dʰów-tus
  • Proto-Germanic: *dauþuz (“death”) (see there for further descendants)
• *dʰu-Hnós
  • Proto-Italic: *fūnos
    • Latin: fūnus
• *dʰow-Htós
  • Proto-Germanic: *daudaz (“dead”) (see there for further descendants)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Proto-Celtic:
    • Old Irish: doíni (suppletive plural of duine)

Etymology 2

Root

*dʰew-

1. to run, flow

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰew- (run) (9 c, 0 e)

• *dʰéw-e-ti (thematic root present)
  • Proto-Hellenic: *tʰéwō
    • Ancient Greek: θέω (théō)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dʰā́wati
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dʰā́wati
      • Sanskrit: धावति (dhā́vati) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Iranian: *dā́wati
      • Old Persian:
        • Middle Persian: LHTWN-tn' (dawīdan)
          • Classical Persian: دَوِیدَن (dawīdan)
            • Tajik: давидан (davidan)