du̯ei-

    du̯ei-

    English meaning: to fear

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “fũrchten”

    Material: Av. dvaēϑü “menace”; Arm. erknč̣ im “ I fear “, erkiuɫ “fear” (anlaut as in erku “two” : *du̯ōu Meillet MSL. 8, 235); Gk. Hom. δείδω “dread” (*δέ-δFοι̯-α), Plur. δείδιμεν (i.e. δέδFιμεν), Att. δέδιμεν (thereafter the new sg. Hom. δείδια, i.e. δέδFια, Att. δέδια), Aor. Hom. ἔδδεισεν (i.e. ἔδFεισεν), Hom. δίε “ dreaded “; reshaped from *δεδFοια perf. Hom. δείδοικα, Att. δέδοικα, Cret. δεδFοικώς Hes. (Hs. δεδροικώς), in addition δεδείκελος Hes. “timorous”; to δεδίσκομαι (after Hom.) “terrify” (*δε-δFί-σκο-μαι) would be shaped secondary δειδίξομαι, whereof previously Att. δεδίττομαι, Hom. δειδίσσομαι; Hom. δειδήμων “timorous” (*δεδFει̯ήμων); δέος n. “fear” (*δFει̯ος), θεουδής “ godfearing “ (*θεο-δFεής), δεῖμα n., δειμός m. “fear”, δεινός “terrible”, δειλός, “timorous, fearful; unlucky, lamentable “ (*δFει̯ελός); διερός “to fear, dread” (*δFι- ερος); Lat. dīrus “ ill - omened, ominous, boding, portentous, fearful, awful, dread “ (from Servius to Aen. III 235 also as sabin. and Umbr. stated word, so that di- instead of bi- from *du̯i- as a dialectal sound development), with formants -ro- “ before what one is afraid “, as clü-rus “ audible, distinguishable “. s-extension in O.Ind. dvḗ ṣ ṭ i “ hated, is hostile “, dviṣṭá- “ detested “, dvḗ ṣ a-ḥ m., dvḗ ṣ asn. “hate”, Av. dvaēš-, t̃baēš- “be hostile to, mortify”, participle t̃bišta-, dvaēšaḥ -, t̃baēšaḥ- “ hostility “, M.Pers. bēš “affliction, mischief “, probably to du̯is- S. 232.

    References: WP. I 816 f., WH. I 353 f., Schwyzer Gk. I 7106, 769, 774. After Benveniste (briefl.) belongs the root as “ be in doubt “ to consecutive du̯ō(u) “two”.