Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dʰeygʷ-

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

*dʰeygʷ-[1]

to stick into, pierce
Synonyms: *bʰedʰ-, *ḱelh₂-, *(s)tewk-, *(s)teyg-
to dig; to ditch
Synonyms: *bʰedʰh₂-, *dʰembʰ-, *h₃rewk-
to plant; to set up, fasten

Derived terms

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

*dʰeygʷ-e-ti (thematic root present)
- Proto-Italic: *feigʷō[2]
  - Latin: fīvō, later fīgō
- Balto-Slavic:
  - Lithuanian: díegti (“to prick”)[3]
*dʰeygʷ-o-s
- Proto-Germanic: *dīkaz (see there for further descendants)
*dʰoygʷ-eh₂-ti
- Balto-Slavic:
  - Proto-Slavic: *děgati (“to clinch”)[4]
*dʰigʷ-neH-ti
- Balto-Slavic:
  - Proto-Slavic: *dьgnǫti (“to prick”)[5]

Unsorted formations:

Proto-Albanian: *dʰingʷ-u
- Albanian: deng

References

Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 142
De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
“diegti” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*děgati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 228
Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dьgnǫti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 205

[1] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 142

[2] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[3] “diegti” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.

[4] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*děgati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 228

[5] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dьgnǫti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 205