Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dʰewbʰ-

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 edit

Alternative forms edit

  • *dʰewb-

Root edit

*dʰewbʰ-

  1. ? hazy, unclear, dark
  2. deep

Derived terms edit

  • *dʰewbʰ-é-ti
    • Proto-Slavic: *ďubati (see there for further descendants)
  • *dʰowbʰ-éye-ti (causative)
    • Proto-Germanic: *daupijaną (see there for further descendants)
  • *dʰéwbʰ-et-o-s
  • *dʰewbʰ-nó-s
    • Proto-Germanic: *deupaz (see there for further descendants)
  • *dʰéwbʰ-u-s[1]
  • *dʰubʰ-nó-s
  • *dʰub⁽ʰ⁾-ó-s
  • *dʰubʰ-ró-s
  • *bʰudʰ-mḗn (possibly, with metathesis)
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Proto-Albanian:
      • >? Albanian: dudum (dumb person, fool)
    • Proto-Albanian: *deupa
    • Proto-Germanic: *dumbaz (mute, dumb) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Hellenic:

References edit

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN