dhen-1

    dhen-1

    English meaning: to run, *flow

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “laufen, rennen; fließen”

    Material: O.Ind. dhanáyati “runs, set in movement”, Pers. danīdan “hurry, run”, O.Ind. dhánvati “runs, flows “, O.Pers. danuvatiy “ flows “, O.Ind. dhánutar- “running, flowing “; Messap. river name ardannoa (*ar-dhonu̯-ü) “ situated in the water “ (?), Apul. PN Ardaneae = Herdonia (Krahe Gl. 17, 102); Lat. probably fōns, -tis “ a spring, fountain; fresh or spring water. Transf. spring, origin, source “; perhaps hybridization of to-stem *fontos and ti-stem *fentis (*dhn̥-tí-);

    Note: common Lat. initial d- > f- shift. Toch. АВ tsän “flow”, В tseńe “ current, gush “, tsnam “flow”.

    References: WP. I 852, Couvreur BAL.-SLAV. 41, 165.