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dheigh-
To form, build. Oldest form *dheig̑h‑, becoming *dheigh‑ in centum languages.
Derivatives include dairy, lady, dough, and paradise.- dairy, from Old English dǣge, bread kneader, from Germanic *daigjōn‑.
- lady, from Old English compound hlǣfdige, mistress of a household (< "bread kneader"; hlāf, bread, loaf), from Germanic *dīg‑.
- Suffixed o-grade form *dhoigh-o‑.
- dough, from Old English dāg, dough;
- teiglach, from Old High German teic, dough. Both a and b from Germanic *daigaz.
- Suffixed zero-grade form *dhigh-ūrā‑. figure, figurine; configure, disfigure, prefigure, transfigure, from Latin figūra, form, shape (< "result of kneading").
- Nasalized zero-grade form *dhi-n-gh‑. fainéant, faint, feign, feint, fictile, fiction, figment; effigy, from Latin fingere, to shape.
- Probable nasalized zero-grade form *dhi-n-g(h)‑. thigmotaxis, thixotropy, from Greek thinganein, to touch.
- Suffixed o-grade form *dhoigh-o‑. paradise, from Avestan daēza‑, wall (originally made of clay or mud bricks).
[Pokorny dheig̑h‑ 244.] |
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