Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dʰengʰ-

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

*dʰengʰ-

1. to cover
2. to overcast

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰengʰ-‎ (16 c, 0 e)

• *dʰéngʰ-e-ti (thematic root present)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dʰángʰati
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dángʰati
      • Sanskrit: दङ्घति (dáṅghati)
• *dʰéngʰ-t ~ *dʰn̥gʰ-ént (athematic root aorist)
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
    • Lithuanian: deñgo
    • ⇒ Proto-Balto-Slavic: [Term?] (ye-present)
      • Lithuanian: deñgti
    • ⇒ Proto-Balto-Slavic: [Term?] (sta-present)
      • Lithuanian: diñgti
• *dʰn̥gʰ-eh₂yé-ti
  • Proto-Germanic: *dungōną (“to cover”) (< *dungōjaną)
    • Proto-West Germanic: *dungōn
      • Middle Low German: dungen
    • Old Norse: *dunga
      • Faroese: dunga
      • Swedish: dunga
• *dʰongʰ-éh₂
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *dangā́ˀ (“cover; arc, rainbow”)
    • Latvian: danga
    • Lithuanian: dangà
    • Proto-Slavic: *dǫga (see there for further descendants)
• *dʰn̥gʰ-éh₂, *dʰn̥gʰ-ó-s
  • Proto-Germanic: *dungō f, *dungaz m (“dung, manure”) (see there for further descendants)
    • ⇒ *dungijaną (“to fertilize”); ⇒ *dungijǭ (“dunghill”) (see there for further descendants)
• *dʰn̥gʰ-í-s
  • Proto-Germanic: *dungiz (“cellar”) (see there for further descendants)
• *dʰongʰ-o-s
  • Proto-Albanian: *danga
    • Albanian: dëng (“full, stuffed”)

Unsorted formations

• Proto-Balto-Slavic:
  • Lithuanian: dangùs
  • Old Prussian: dangus (“sky, heaven”)