dus-

    dus-

    English meaning: bad, foul

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “ũbel, miß-” as 1. composition part

    Material: O.Ind. duṣ-, dur-, Av. duš-, duž- “dis-, wrong, evil”, Arm. t- “un-”, Gk. δυσ- “dis-, de-, evil”, Lat. in difficilis “difficult, hard”, O.Ir. do-, du- ds. (construction after the example from so-, su-), Goth. tuz- (in tuz-wērjan “doubt”), O.N. O.E. tor-, O.H.G. zur- “un-”, Slav. in O.Bulg. dъždь (*duz-djus “ bad weather “ =) “rain”, Russ. doždь, Pol. deszcz, O.Cz. déšč, gen. dščě and analogical deště. connection with deus- “lack” is very probable.

    Note: Probably from a fusion of Root dheu̯es-, dhu̯ē̆s-, dheus-, dhū̆ s- “to dissipate, blow, etc. *scatter, dust, rain, breathe, perish, die” + Root dei-1, dei̯ǝ-, dī-, di̯ü- : “to shine; day; sun; sky god, god” derived Slav. (*dus-diu-): O.C.S.: dъždь “rain” [m jo] (see below). Only ind. from duṣ- has evolved dúṣyati “ goes bad, goes off “, duṣṭa- ‘spoiled, evil, bad”, dūṣ á yati “ spoiled, disabled “.

    References: WP. I 816, E. Fraenkel Mé l. Pedersen 453.