dē- : dǝ- and dēi-, dī-

    dē- : dǝ- and dēi-, dī-

    English meaning: to bind

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “binden”

    Note: Root dē- : dǝ- and dēi-, dī- : “to bind” derived from du̯ai , du̯ei-, stems of Root du̯ō(u) : “two” meaning “bind in two”

    Material: O.Ind. dy-áti (with ü-, ni-, sam-) “binds” (dy- zero grade of *dēi-, from 3. pl. dyánti, compare Av. nī-dyü-tąm 3. sg. Med. in pass. meaning “ it has made soil holdback “, -ü- extension from the zero grade di-, Bartholomae AIran. Wb. 761), O.Ind. participle ditá- “ bound “ (= Gk. δετός), dǘ man- n. “band, strap” (= Gk. -δημα), ni-dütür- “binder”; Gk. (Hom. Att.) δέω (*δέjω) “bind”, δετός “ bound “, δετή “ shavings tied together as a torch, faggot, torch, fetter, sheaf “ (δε- for IE *dǝ- as θετός : τίθημι), ἀμαλλοδετήρ “ sheaf binder “, δέσις “the fastening, binding”, δεσμός “band, strap”, κρήδε-μνον “head fascia”, δέμνια pl. “ bedstead “; Hom. present δίδημι “bind” is to δήσω after τίθημι: θήσω “neologism”; ὑπό-δημα (compare O.Ind. dǘ man-) ‘sandal”, διάδημα “ a band or fillet, turban, diadem “; Alb. duai “ fascicle, sheaf “ (about *dōn- from IE *dē-n-), del “(*band, strap), sinew, tendon, vein” (IE*dō-lo-).

    References: WP. I 771 f., Schwyzer Gk. I 340 f., 676, 688.