Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/denḱ-
Proto-Indo-European
editRoot
edit*denḱ-
- to bite
Derived terms
edit- *denḱ-e-ti (thematic root present)
- *dn̥ḱ-né-ti (nu-present)
- *donḱ-éye-ti (causative)
- Proto-Germanic: *tangijaną (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *danćáyati
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *danśáyati
- Sanskrit: दंशयति (daṃśayati, “to make bite”)
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *danśáyati
- *dénḱ-s (root noun)
- Proto-Hellenic:
- Ancient Greek: δήξ (dḗx, “wood worm”)
- Proto-Hellenic:
- *donḱ-éh₂
- *dń̥ḱ-o-s
- *donḱ-o-s
- *dn̥ḱ-tó-s (verbal adjective)
- *dénḱ-mn̥
- *dénḱ-ti-s ~ *dn̥ḱ-téy-s
- Proto-Hellenic:
- Ancient Greek: δῆξις (dêxis, “bite, sting”)
- Proto-Hellenic:
- *dénḱ-tro-m
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dánćtram
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dánśtram
- Sanskrit: दंष्ट्र (daṃṣṭra, “fang”)
- Proto-Iranian: *dánctram
- ⇒ Avestan: 𐬙𐬌𐬲𐬌𐬛𐬄𐬯𐬙𐬭𐬀 (tiži-dąstra-, “with a sharp set of teeth”)
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dánśtram
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dánćtram
- *dónḱ-u-s
- Proto-Germanic: *tanhuz (“tough”) (see there for further descendants)
- *dn̥ḱ-mós
- Ancient Greek: δαγμός (dagmós, “bite, sting”)
- *dn̥ḱ-e-tóm
- Ancient Greek: δακετόν (daketón, “bite, biting animal”)
References
edit- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 117-18
- Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 82-83
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 688
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 518
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 299