- dhengh-2
- dhengh-2English meaning: to get, gripeDeutsche Übersetzung: “erreichen, fest zugreifen, fest, kräftig, schnell”Material: O.Ind. daghnṓ ti (Aor. dhak, daghyüḥ etc) “ reaches up to, achieves “, -daghná- “ reaching up to something “ (*dhn̥gh-); Gk. ταχύς “quick, fast”, compar. θάσσων (*dhn̥gh-); O.Ir. daingen “tight, firm, strong” = Welsh dengyn ds. (*dangino- or *dengino-); Slav. dęgъ: dǫgъ “ strength, power, luck “ in R.C.S. djagъ “ strap, leather belt “, Russ. djága “ leather belt “, djáglyj ‘strong, fit, healthy”, djágnutь “grow, become strong “; ablaut. aBulg. ne-dǫgъ “disease, malady” (but Russ. dúžij ‘strong” belongs rather to dheugh-, under S. 271); the meaning has taken place after probably an intermingling with Slav. tęg- “pull, drag, draw “ (Brũckner KZ. 42, 342 f).References: WP. I 791 f., Berneker 190, 217 f.
Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.