| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix I
Indo-European Roots |
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| ENTRY: | dheu-2 |
| DEFINITION: | To die. Also dheu - (oldest form *dheu2-). 1. Suffixed o-grade form *dhou-to-. dead, from Old English d ad, dead, from Germanic *daudaz. 2. Suffixed o-grade form *dhou-tu-. death, from Old English dath, death, from Germanic *dauthuz. 3. Suffixed o-grade form *dhow-yo-. die1, from Old Norse deyja, to die. 4. Extended zero-grade form *dhui-, metathesized to *dhwi-, contracted to *dhw -, whence suffixed form *dhw-no-. dwindle, from Old English dwnan, to diminish, languish, from Germanic *dwnan. (Pokorny 2. dheu- 260.) Compare dheu-. |
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