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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/derbʰ-

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

*derbʰ-[1][2]

  1. to spin, to twist

Derived terms
Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *derbʰ-‎ (12 c, 0 e)
  • *dr̥bʰ- (zero-grade root present)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dr̥bʰáti
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dr̥bʰáti
        • Sanskrit: दृभति (dṛbháti)
  • *dorbʰ-éye- (causative)
    • Proto-Germanic: *tarbijaną (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *darbʰáyati
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *darbʰáyati
        • Sanskrit: दर्भयति (darbháyati)
  • *dorbʰ-ós
    • Balto-Slavic:
      • Lithuanian: darbas (“bunch of leaves”)
      • Proto-Slavic: *dorbъ (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *darbʰás
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *darbʰás
  • *dr̥bʰ-s
  • *dr̥bʰ-is
    • Proto-Germanic: *turbiz
      • Old English: eþeltyrf
  • *dr̥bʰ-os
    • Proto-Germanic: *turba- m or n (“turf, peat”)
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Proto-Germanic: *turbô

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  2. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “derbʰ-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 210-211
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