dheu-2, dhu̯-ēi-

    dheu-2, dhu̯-ēi-

    English meaning: to vanish, faint, die

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “hinschwinden, bewußtlos werden, sterben”

    Material: Goth. diwans (*dhéu̯-ono-) “perishable, mortal”, ablaut. O.H.G. touwen, O.S. dōian “die”, O.N. deyja, dō (*dōw), düinn “die”; Goth. dauÞs “ dead “, also af-dauiÞs “ afflicted “, O.H.G. tōt, O.E. dēad, O.N. dauðr “ dead “, Goth. dauÞus “death”, O.H.G. tōd, O.E. dēaÞ, O.N. dauð-r, -ar and dauðe “death”; O.Ir. duine (*dhu-n-i̯o-), pl. dōini (*dheu̯en-i̯o-), Welsh dyn, Corn. Bret. den “person” (“mortal, human being”, Brugmann ZfceltPh. 3, 595 ff.); s. also under ĝhðem-; perhaps Lat. fūnus (fōnus?) n. “ a funeral, burial. Transf., the corpse; death; destruction, ruin; a cause of ruin “, whether from *dheu̯(e)-nos “ in death “; formally, nevertheless, exactly = O.Ir. n. s-stem dūn “fortress”, probably originally “ hill castle “ (see under dheu-4 S. 263);

    Note: common Lat. d- > f- shift. after Marstrander Pré s . à nasale inf . 151 here O.Ir. -deda “ dwindles away “ from *dhedhu̯- ü-t; compare also above under dhē-3; in Gmc. also the meaning “ insensible, become unconscious “, awN.. dü (*dawa) “ unconsciousness, faint, swoon “, preterit dō also “ became numbed “ (of limbs), O.S. düna “ faint, pass out “, Nor. daana “ become stiff, become lame (from limbs), faint, pass out “ (Ableit. from participle düinn ), Ice. doði “ insensibility “, doðna “ become unfeeling, became numbed “, Goth. usdauÞs “ not indolent, diligent, active, quick, unwearied, indefatigable, energetic, eager “, O.H.G. tawalōn “ to dwindle, to die “, Dutch dauwel “ sluggish woman “; further O.N. dü also “ delight of the soul “ (“*anesthetization “), dü (*dawēn) “ admire, venerate “; O.N. dün f. “death”. extension dhu-̯ ēi-: dhu-̯ ī- in: Arm. di, gen. dioy “ dead body, corpse”, O.Ir. dīth (*dhu̯ītu-) “end, death”; O.E. dwīnan (st. V.) “ abate, dwindle “, besides dem nōn-Verb O.N. duīna and duena ds.; O.E. dwǣ scan “ annul, annihilate “ (*dwaiskjan), Lith. dvìsti “die” (Būga by Endzelin KZ. 52, 123). maybe Alb.Tosk (dvìsti) vdes, Gheg dekë “die” [commom Alb. -s- > -k- shift]. Clearly from Root dheu̯es-, dhu̯ē̆s-, dheus-, dhū̆ s- : “to dissipate, blow, etc. *breathe, breathe out the spirit, perish, die” derived Root dheu-2, dhu-̯ ēi- : “to vanish, faint, die”. As Lith. dvìsti “die” : Lith. dvesiù, dvesiaũ, dve ̃sti “ breathe, breathe out the spirit, perish, die “ (see below);

    References: WP. I 835, WH. I 451, 568.