Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dʰewp-

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

*dʰewp-

Alternative form of *dʰewbʰ- (“deep”)

Derived terms

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

*dʰowp-eh₂
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *daupāˀ
  - Proto-Slavic: *dupa (see there for further descendants)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 124
Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dupa”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 157
Chernykh, P. (1993), “дупло”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1 (а – пантомима), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 274
Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q., editors (1997) Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 154