Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dewh₂-

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

*dewh₂-

1. to fit

Derived terms

• *du-n-h₂-tór ~ *du-n-h₂-rór (deponent nasal-infix present)
  • Proto-Hellenic: *dunamai
    • Ancient Greek: δύναμαι (dúnamai)
  • Proto-Tocharian:
    • Tocharian B: tswetär
• *dowh₂-o-s
  • Proto-Germanic: *(ga)tawaz
    • ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *tawjaną (see there for further descendants)
    • → Proto-Slavic: *gotovъ (see there for further descendants)
• *dowh₂-dʰlo-m
  • Proto-Germanic: *tōlą (“tool”) (see there for further descendants)
• *dewh₂-dʰro-m
  • >? Proto-Germanic: *teudrą (see there for further descendants)
• *duh₂-dʰro-m
  • >? Proto-Germanic: *tūdrą (“fruit, offspring”) (see there for further descendants)
• Unsorted formations:
  • >? Proto-Balto-Slavic: *dā́ˀwē
    • Proto-Slavic: *davě (“ago, recently”) (alternatively from *dweh₂- (“to move away”))
      • Russian: даве (dave) (dialectal)
      • Old Church Slavonic: давѣ (davě)
      • ⇒ *oděvě
        • Old Church Slavonic: одѣвѣ (oděvě, “recently”)
      • ⇒ *dãvьnъ (“past, ancient”) (see there for further descendants)
  • >? Proto-Germanic: *tawwą (see there for further descendants)

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