"dwey-" meaning in Proto-Indo-European

See dwey- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Root

Etymology: Probably related to *dwóh₁ (“two”), with sense connection "two" > "ambivalence, second thoughts" > "fear".
  1. to fear Tags: morpheme, reconstruction
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*de-dwóy-e ~ *de-duy-ḗr (stative)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*dwey-lós"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Hellenic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "δειλός"
          },
          "expansion": "Ancient Greek: δειλός (deilós)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ancient Greek: δειλός (deilós)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*dwéy-mn̥"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Hellenic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "δεῖμα"
          },
          "expansion": "Ancient Greek: δεῖμα (deîma)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ancient Greek: δεῖμα (deîma)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*dwey-mós"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Hellenic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "δειμός"
          },
          "expansion": "Ancient Greek: δειμός (deimós)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ancient Greek: δειμός (deimós)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*dwey-nós"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Hellenic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "δεινός"
          },
          "expansion": "Ancient Greek: δεινός (deinós)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ancient Greek: δεινός (deinós)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*dwéy-os ~ *dwey-es-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Hellenic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "δέος"
          },
          "expansion": "Ancient Greek: δέος (déos)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ancient Greek: δέος (déos)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*dw(e)y-plo- ~ *dwi-pli-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Armenian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xcl",
            "2": "երկիւղ"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Armenian: երկիւղ (erkiwł)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Armenian: երկիւղ (erkiwł)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*dwey-rós"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "itc-pro",
            "2": "*deiros"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Italic: *deiros",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Italic: *deiros"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "dīrus"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: dīrus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: dīrus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*dwey-s-ós"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "iir-pro",
            "2": "*dwáyšas"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dwáyšas",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dwáyšas (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Unsorted formations"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hyx-pro",
            "2": "",
            "alt": "*erk-"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Armenian: *erk-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Armenian: *erk-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xcl",
            "2": "երկն"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Armenian: երկն (erkn)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Armenian: երկն (erkn), երկնեմ (erknem), երկնչիմ (erknčʻim)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "iir-pro",
            "2": "*dwáyšti"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dwáyšti",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dwáyšti"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "inc-pro",
            "2": "*dwáyṣṭi"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dwáyṣṭi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dwáyṣṭi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sa",
            "2": "द्वेष्टि",
            "t": "to hate",
            "tr": "dvéṣṭi"
          },
          "expansion": "Sanskrit: द्वेष्टि (dvéṣṭi, “to hate”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sanskrit: द्वेष्टि (dvéṣṭi, “to hate”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ira-pro",
            "2": "*dwáyšti"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Iranian: *dwáyšti",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Iranian: *dwáyšti"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ae",
            "2": "𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬈𐬱-"
          },
          "expansion": "Avestan: 𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬈𐬱- (duuaeš-)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Avestan: 𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬈𐬱- (duuaeš-)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pal",
            "2": "byštn'",
            "tr": "bištan"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Persian: byštn' (bištan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Persian: byštn' (bištan), byš (bēš)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably related to *dwóh₁ (“two”), with sense connection \"two\" > \"ambivalence, second thoughts\" > \"fear\".",
  "lang": "Proto-Indo-European",
  "lang_code": "ine-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dwey-",
  "pos": "root",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-European CReR-shaped roots",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-European roots",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to fear"
      ],
      "id": "en-dwey--ine-pro-root-0R2DUD49",
      "links": [
        [
          "fear",
          "fear"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dwey-"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*de-dwóy-e ~ *de-duy-ḗr (stative)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*dwey-lós"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Hellenic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "δειλός"
          },
          "expansion": "Ancient Greek: δειλός (deilós)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ancient Greek: δειλός (deilós)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*dwéy-mn̥"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Hellenic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "δεῖμα"
          },
          "expansion": "Ancient Greek: δεῖμα (deîma)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ancient Greek: δεῖμα (deîma)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*dwey-mós"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Hellenic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "δειμός"
          },
          "expansion": "Ancient Greek: δειμός (deimós)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ancient Greek: δειμός (deimós)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*dwey-nós"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Hellenic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "δεινός"
          },
          "expansion": "Ancient Greek: δεινός (deinós)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ancient Greek: δεινός (deinós)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*dwéy-os ~ *dwey-es-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Hellenic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "δέος"
          },
          "expansion": "Ancient Greek: δέος (déos)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ancient Greek: δέος (déos)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*dw(e)y-plo- ~ *dwi-pli-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Armenian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xcl",
            "2": "երկիւղ"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Armenian: երկիւղ (erkiwł)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Armenian: երկիւղ (erkiwł)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*dwey-rós"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "itc-pro",
            "2": "*deiros"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Italic: *deiros",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Italic: *deiros"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "dīrus"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: dīrus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: dīrus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*dwey-s-ós"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "iir-pro",
            "2": "*dwáyšas"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dwáyšas",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dwáyšas (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Unsorted formations"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hyx-pro",
            "2": "",
            "alt": "*erk-"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Armenian: *erk-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Armenian: *erk-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xcl",
            "2": "երկն"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Armenian: երկն (erkn)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Armenian: երկն (erkn), երկնեմ (erknem), երկնչիմ (erknčʻim)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "iir-pro",
            "2": "*dwáyšti"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dwáyšti",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dwáyšti"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "inc-pro",
            "2": "*dwáyṣṭi"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dwáyṣṭi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dwáyṣṭi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sa",
            "2": "द्वेष्टि",
            "t": "to hate",
            "tr": "dvéṣṭi"
          },
          "expansion": "Sanskrit: द्वेष्टि (dvéṣṭi, “to hate”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sanskrit: द्वेष्टि (dvéṣṭi, “to hate”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ira-pro",
            "2": "*dwáyšti"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Iranian: *dwáyšti",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Iranian: *dwáyšti"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ae",
            "2": "𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬈𐬱-"
          },
          "expansion": "Avestan: 𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬈𐬱- (duuaeš-)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Avestan: 𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬈𐬱- (duuaeš-)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pal",
            "2": "byštn'",
            "tr": "bištan"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Persian: byštn' (bištan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Persian: byštn' (bištan), byš (bēš)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably related to *dwóh₁ (“two”), with sense connection \"two\" > \"ambivalence, second thoughts\" > \"fear\".",
  "lang": "Proto-Indo-European",
  "lang_code": "ine-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dwey-",
  "pos": "root",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Indo-European CReR-shaped roots",
        "Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Indo-European lemmas",
        "Proto-Indo-European roots",
        "ine-pro:Fear"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to fear"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fear",
          "fear"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dwey-"
}

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