Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dōbiz

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.

Proto-Germanic edit

Etymology edit

Vṛddhi gerundive of *dabaną (to be fitting).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

*dōbiz[1][2][3]

  1. suited, fit

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References edit

  1. ^ Heidermanns, Frank (1993) “dōbi-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen Primäradjektive (Studia linguistica Germanica; 33) (in German), Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 157
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*đōbiz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 73
  3. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “dōbi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 97