Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dʰew-

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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

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Etymology 1

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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.[1] For a semantic parallel, compare English pass away.

Root

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*dʰew-

  1. to die, pass away
Derived terms
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  • *dʰew- (root present)
    • Proto-Albanian: *dej
    • 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-
  • *dʰów-tus
    • Proto-Germanic: *dauþuz (death) (see there for further descendants)
  • *dʰu-Hnós
  • *dʰow-Htós
    • Proto-Germanic: *daudaz (dead) (see there for further descendants)
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Proto-Celtic:

Etymology 2

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Root

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*dʰew-

  1. to run, flow
Derived terms
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References

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  1. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*dʰeu̯-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 147-8