Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dʰeh₁(y)-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words 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

*dʰeh₁(y)-

to suckle, nurse

Derived terms

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*dʰeh₁(y)- (root present)
- Balto-Slavic: *dēˀtis
  - Slavic: *dětь (see there for further descendants)
- Indo-Iranian: *dʰáyati
  - Indo-Aryan: *dʰáyati
    - Sanskrit: धयति (dháyati)
*dʰoh₁(y)-éye- (causative)
- Balto-Slavic:
  - Slavic: *dojiti (see there for further descendants)
*dʰeh₁(y)-m̥h₁n-éh₂
- Italic: *fēmanā
  - Latin: fēmina
*dʰeh₁(y)-to-
- Italic: *fētos
  - Latin: fētus (“pregnant”)
*dʰeh₁(y)-tu-
- Italic: *fētus
  - Latin: fētus (“offspring”)
*dʰeh₁(y)-no-
- Italic: *fēnom
  - Latin: fēnum
*dʰeh₁(y)-n-os ~ *dʰeh₁(y)-n-es-
- Italic: *fēnos
  - Latin: fēnus
*dʰeh₁(y)-lu-
- Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: θῆλυς (thêlus, “feminine”)
*dʰeh₁(y)-lew-ih₂
- Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: θήλεια (thḗleia, “feminine”)
*dʰeh₁(y)-lw-ih₂-k-
- Italic: *fēlīks
  - Latin: fēlīx
*dʰeh₁(y)-li-o-
- Italic: *feiljos
  - Latin: fīlius
  - Faliscan: hileo
*dʰeh₁(y)-l-éh₂-ye-ti
- Italic: *fēljō
  - Latin: fēlō, fellō
Unsorted formations:
- Albanian: *dedi (< *dʰédʰh₁i)
  - Albanian: djathë
- Albanian: *dela
  - Albanian: djalë
- Albanian: *dailjā
  - Albanian: dele
- Armenian:
  - Old Armenian: դիեմ (diem)
  - Old Armenian: դալ (dal)
- Balto-Slavic:
  - Latvian: dēls
  - Lithuanian: dėlė
  - Old Prussian: dadan
- Celtic:
  - Irish: diul, diuilim
  - Welsh: dynu
- Germanic: *dajjaną, *dēaną (see there for further descendants)
- Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: θηλή (thēlḗ, “teat”), θεῖος (theîos, “uncle”), τίτθη (títthē, “nurse”), τήθη (tḗthē, “grandmother”), Τηθύς (Tēthús)
- Indo-Iranian: *dʰáynuš
  - Iranian: *dáynuš
    - Avestan: 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬎‎ (daēnu)
    - Kurdish: dê, da, dayik (“mother”)
    - Middle Persian: dʾyk' (dāyag, “nurse”)
      - Persian: دایه‎ (dâye)
    - → Old Armenian: դայեակ (dayeak)
- Indo-Iranian: *dʰa(H)inúš
  - Sanskrit: धेनु (dhenu, “cow”)

References

Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume I, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 242