Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dʰewgʰ-

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

    Root

    *dʰewgʰ- (imperfective)[1][2] or possibly *dʰewgʰ- (perfective)[3]

    1. to hit (as opposed to missing)[3]
    2. to produce,[1] to produce something useful[4]
    3. to be strong, have force[5]

    Derived terms

    Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰewgʰ- (31 c, 0 e)
    • *dʰéwgʰ-ti ~ *dʰugʰ-énti (athematic root present)
    • *dʰu-né-gʰ-ti ~ *dʰu-n-gʰ-énti (nasal-infix present)
      • Proto-Hellenic: *tunkʰanō
    • *dʰi-dʰugʰ-sḱé-tor
    • *dʰe-dʰówgʰ-e ~ *dʰe-dʰugʰ-ḗr (stative)
    • *dʰugʰ-
    • *dʰéwgʰ-o-s
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dʰáwgʰas
        • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dʰáwgʰas
      • Proto-Hellenic: *téwkʰos
    • *dʰúgʰ-eh₂
    • *dʰugʰ-néh₂-
      • Proto-Germanic: *dukkǭ (power, strength; muscle) (see there for further descendants)
    • *dʰugʰ-o-s
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
        • Proto-Slavic: *dugъ (strength, power)
    • *dʰugʰ-tó-s
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dʰugdʰás
    • *dʰugh₂tḗr (perhaps)
    • Unsorted formations:
      • Albanian: duhet (must, verb)
      • Proto-Germanic: *dugunþō (utility, virtue, strength) (see there for further descendants)
      • Irish: dual
      • Scottish Gaelic: duan

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
    2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 271
    3. 3.0 3.1 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*dʰeu̯gʰ-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 148–149
    4. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 614a
    5. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 370
    6. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “Haykakankʻ (Armeniaca)”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 627–628