Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/derbʰ-

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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/derbʰ-

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

*derbʰ-[1][2]

1. to spin, to twist

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *derbʰ-

• *dr̥bʰ- (zero-grade root present)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dr̥bʰáti
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dr̥bʰáti
      • Sanskrit: दृभति (dṛbháti)
• *dorbʰ-éye- (causative)
  • Proto-Germanic: *tarbijaną (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *darbʰáyati
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *darbʰáyati
      • Sanskrit: दर्भयति (darbháyati)
• *dorbʰ-ós
  • Balto-Slavic:
    • Lithuanian: darbas (“bunch of leaves”)
    • Proto-Slavic: *dorbъ (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *darbʰás
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *darbʰás
      • Sanskrit: दर्भ (darbhá, “tuft of grass”)
• *dr̥bʰ-s
  • Proto-Germanic: *turbz
    • Old English: turf
      • English: turf
    • Old Frisian: turf
    • Old Saxon: turf
• *dr̥bʰ-is
  • Proto-Germanic: *turbiz
    • Old English: eþeltyrf
• *dr̥bʰ-os
  • Proto-Germanic: *turba- m or n (“turf, peat”)
    • Middle Low German: torf m
    • Middle Dutch: torf m, turf m
    • Old Norse: torf n
• Unsorted formations:
  • Proto-Germanic: *turbô
    • Old Frisian: tūra
    • Middle Dutch: torve

References

1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
2. Pokorny, Julius (1959), “derbʰ-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 210-211