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Proto-Celtic · reconstructed language

*dinīti

verb

Meaning

  1. to suck

Etymology / origin

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle, nurse”), see also Latin fellō (“suck”), Old Church Slavonic доити (doiti, “to suckle”), Sanskrit धयति (dháyati, “he sucks, drinks”).

  1. धयति(Sanskrit)→
  2. доити(Old Church Slavonic)→
  3. fellō(la)→
  4. *dʰeh₁(y)-(ine-pro)→
  5. *dʰeh₁(y)-(ine-pro)→
  6. dinīti (Proto-Celtic)
  7. Relations: root, der, cog, cog, cog

Related words

*dʰeh₁(y)-(ine-pro)fellō(la)доити(Old Church Slavonic)धयति(Sanskrit)

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