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

Root

*dʰew-

to die, pass away

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰew- (die) (11 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: *dowenis
  - Old Irish: doíni (suppletive plural of duine)

Etymology 2

Root

*dʰew-

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)

References

^ 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

[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

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