Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dʰew-

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

Etymology 1

    Rix considers the "die" sense to be related to the "flow" sense in Etymology 2, the latter which he seems to view as the original.[1] For a semantic parallel, compare English pass away.

    Root

    *dʰew-

    1. to die, pass away
    Derived terms
    Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰew- (die) (11 c, 0 e)
    • *dʰew- (root present)
      • Proto-Albanian: *dej
      • Proto-Germanic: *dewaną
    • *dʰow-eye- (causative-iterative)
      • Proto-Germanic: *dawjaną (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *dawéiˀtei
        • Proto-Slavic: *davìti (see there for further descendants)
    • *dʰu-iH-to-
      • Armenian:
        • Old Armenian: դի (di, corpse)
    • *dʰu-iH-tu-
    • *dʰów-tus
      • Proto-Germanic: *dauþuz (death) (see there for further descendants)
    • *dʰu-Hnós
      • Proto-Italic: *fūnos
    • *dʰow-Htós
      • Proto-Germanic: *daudaz (dead) (see there for further descendants)
    Unsorted formations

    Etymology 2

      Root

      *dʰew-

      1. to run, flow
      Derived terms
      Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰew- (run) (10 c, 0 e)
      • *dʰéw-e-ti (thematic root present)
        • Proto-Hellenic: *tʰéwō
          • Ancient Greek: θέω (théō)
        • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dʰā́wati
          • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dʰā́wati
          • Proto-Iranian: *dā́wati

      References

      1. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*dʰeu̯-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 147-8