Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dubilaz
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Proto-Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably from *dubjaną + *-ilaz. Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp- (“to stick, push”), see also Proto-Slavic *tъpati (“to stomp”), Ancient Greek τύπτω (túptō, “to beat, strike”).[1]
Noun[edit]
*dubilaz m
Descendants[edit]
- Old Saxon: *dubil
- Old Dutch: *duvil
- Middle Dutch: *duevel (attested in the verb develen, *duevelen)
- Dutch: deuvel
- Middle Dutch: *duevel (attested in the verb develen, *duevelen)
- Old High German: tubil
References[edit]
- ^ P.A.F. van Veen en N. van der Sijs (1997), Etymologisch woordenboek: de herkomst van onze woorden, 2e druk, Van Dale Lexicografie, Utrecht/Antwerpen