(dhembh-), dhm̥bh-

    (dhembh-), dhm̥bh-

    English meaning: to dig

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “graben”

    Note: only Gk. and armen.

    Material: Arm. damban “grave, Gruft; Grabmal”, dambaran ds.; Gk. θάπτω (*dhm̥bh-i̯ō), Aor. pass. ἐτάφην “bury, entomb”, ἄθαπτος “ unburied “, τάφος m. “funeral, obsequies; grave, burial mound”, ταφή “ funeral, grave”, τάφρος (*dhm̥bh-ro-s) f. “ditch, trench, channel”; but O.Pruss. dambo f. “ground” is amended in daubo (see 268). Maybe Alb. dhemb “pain, saddness”

    Note: Clearly Root (dhembh-), dhm̥bh- : “to dig” derived from Root dhem-, dhemǝ- : “to smoke; to blow” which means that Aryans initially burnt the dead while the ritual of burial was born much later.

    References: WP. I 852.