dhabh-2

    dhabh-2

    English meaning: proper, * fitting, dainty

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “passend fũgen, passend”

    Material: Arm. darbin “ smith “ (*dhabhr-ino-); Lat. faber, fabrī “craftsman, artist”, adj. “ingenious, skilful”, adv. fabrē ‘skilful”, affabrē “ skillfully “, contrast infabrē, fabrica “ dexterity, workshop “ (pälign. faber is Lat. Lw.); perhaps here Lat. (Plaut.) effüfilütus “ exposed “, Denom. from *füfilla, “*acquiescence” (f dial.?);

    Note: common Lat. d- > f- phonetic mutation; Alb.Tosk thembërë “heel, hoof (where a smith would attach a horseshoe)” [common Alb. f- >th- phonetic mutatIon. Goth. ga-daban “ occur, arrive, reach, happen, be suitable “, perf. gadōb “ to be clearly seen, to be conspicuous “, adj. gadōf is “ it is suitable, proper, fitting” = O.E. gedēfe “ fitting, mild” (*ga-dōbja), gedafen “proper”, gedafnian “ be fitting, suitable” = O.N. dafna “proficient, proper, become strong, prosper, thrive”, O.E. gedæfte “ fitting, mild”, gedæftan ‘sort, order, arrange”; O.C.S. dobrъ “good, beautiful, beauteous, fair “ (= Arm. darbin, Lat. faber), dobjь, dobljь “the best, assayed, examined, tested, strong “, doba (older r/n-stem) “fitting, applying, opportunity”, podoba “ornament, adornment, decorousness, decency “, u-dobьnъ “light”, udobь adv. “light”; Lith. dabà “ quality, nature, habit, character “, dabìnti “adorn”, dabnùs “dainty” etc. Maybe Alb. i dobët (*u-dobьnъ) “emaciated, dainty, elegant, (beautiful)”, dobi “profit, advantage”.

    Note: Root dhabh-2 : “proper, * fitting, dainty” derived from Root dhü̆ bh-1, nasalized dhamb(h)- : “to astonish, be speechless, *hit” [see below]

    References: WP. I 824 f., Trautmann 42 f., WH. I 436 f., 863.