英语词汇“Indo-European root: dheuə-”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

Indo-European root: dheuə-

释义

‌‌dheuə-
To close, finish, come full circle. Oldest form *dheuh₂‑. Probably related to dheu-² , "to die."

Suffixed zero-grade form *dhū-no‑ (< *dhuə-no‑), enclosed, fortified place; hill-fort.
1. 1. down¹, down³, from Old English dūn, hill;
  2. dune, from Middle Dutch dūne, sandy hill. Both (i) and (ii) from Germanic *dūnaz, possibly from *dhū-no‑.
2. town, from Old English tūn, enclosed place, homestead, village, from Germanic *tūnaz, fortified place, borrowed from Celtic *dū-no‑, hill, stronghold.
Suffixed form *dhū-nes‑ (< *dhuə-nes‑) funeral, from Latin fūnus, funeral.

[In Pokorny 4. dheu‑ 261.]

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