dh(i)- The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

Appendix I

Indo-European Roots

ENTRY:	dh(i)-
DEFINITION:	To suck. Contracted from dhe₁(i)-.* Derivatives include female, fawn², fetus, fennel, and affiliate. 1. Suffixed reduced form dh-mn-. female, feme, feminine; effeminate, from Latin fmina,* woman (< “she who suckles”). 2. Suffixed reduced form dh-to-. fawn², fetal, fetus; effete, feticide, superfetate, from Latin ftus,* pregnancy, childbearing, offspring, with adjective ftus, fta, pregnant. 3. Suffixed reduced form dh-kwondo-. fecund, from Latin fcundus,* fruitful. 4. Suffixed reduced form dh-no-. fennel, finochio; fenugreek, sainfoin, from Latin fnum,* faenum, hay (< “produce”). 5. Probably suffixed zero-grade form dh-lyo- (< dhi-lyo-). filial, filiate, fils¹; affiliate, hidalgo, from Latin flius, son, and flia, daughter (but these are conceivably from the root bheu-). 6. Suffixed reduced form dh-lo-. fellatio, from Latin flre,* fellre, to suck. 7. Suffixed reduced form dh-l-k-. felicitate, felicity; felicific, infelicity, from Latin flx,* fruitful, fertile, lucky, happy. 8. Suffixed reduced form dh-l-. endothelium, epithelium, mesothelium, from Greek thl,* nipple. 9. Suffixed reduced form dh-l-u-. theelin, from Greek thlus,* female. (Pokorny dh(i)- 241.)


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