Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/deupaz

This Proto-Germanic 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.

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Etymology edit

From pre-Germanic *deuppaz < *dʰewbʰnós, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-. The devoicing of what came from the root-final *-bʰ- is due to Kluge's law.[1] Cognate to Old Church Slavonic дъбрь (dŭbrĭ, valley), Lithuanian dubùs (deep, hollow), Albanian det (sea), Welsh dwfn (deep).

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*deupaz

  1. deep
    Antonym: *hauhaz

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  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “deupa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 94