dous-

    dous-

    English meaning: arm

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Arm”

    Note: Root dous- : “arm” derived from an archaic root *ĝheus “hand, arm” (see below). But she shift ĝh- > d- is a unique O.Pers., Balt, celt., Illyr.-Alb. phonetic mutatIon.

    Material: O.Ind. dóṣ- n. (m.), gen. doṣṇáḥ “ forearm, arm, lower part of the forefoot with animals”, Av. daoš- m. “ upper arm, shoulder”, Pers. dōš ‘shoulder”; O.Ir. doë (*dous-n̥t-s), gen. doat “arm”; Ltv. pa-duse (zero grade) “ Achselhöhle; Busen des Kleides “; Sloven. pâzduha, pâzdiha besides pâzuha, pâziha “armpit”, and with the same d-loss (ein Erklärungsversuch by Berneker 233 f.) O.Bulg. etc pazucha “κόλπος”.

    Note: Root dous- : “arm” derived from an archaic root *ĝheus “hand, arm” (see below). But she shift ĝh- > d- is a unique O.Pers., Balt, celt., Illyr.-Alb. phonetic mutatIon. Two other roots, respectively Root ĝhesor-1, ĝhesr- : “hand” and Root ĝhesto-2 : “hand, arm” derived from an extended archaic root ĝheus + reduced form of the common PIE suffix variants -tar, -ter, -tra, -tre. : O.Ind. hásta-ḥ m. “hand”, Av. zasta-, O.Pers. dasta- ds.; The key link between Root dous- (*ĝheus-): “arm” derived from an archaic root *ĝheus “hand, arm” and Root ĝhesor-1, ĝhesr- (*ĝheus-): “hand” and Root ĝhesto-2 (*ĝheus-): “hand, arm” are Balt : Ltv. pa-duse (zero grade) “ armpit “ : Lith. pa-žaste ̃ , pa-žastì s f. “ place under the arm, armpit “.

    Note: common Balt-Illyr. ĝh- > z phonetic mutation : O.Pers., Av., Illyr.- Alb. - celt. ĝh- > z, d phonetic mutatIon.

    References: WP. I 782, Trautmann 64.