Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dewk-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European

Root

*dewk- (imperfective)

1. to pull, to draw
2. to lead (i.e. to pull behind oneself)

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dewk- (39 c, 0 e)

• *déwk-ti ~ * duk-énti (root present)
• *dowk-éye-ti (causative)
  • Proto-Germanic: *taugijaną (see there for further descendants)
• *dewk-éh₂-ti
  • Proto-Germanic: *tugōną (see there for further descendants)
• *dḗwk-s-t ~ *déwk-s-n̥t (s-aorist)
  • Proto-Italic:
    • Latin: dūxī
• *dúk-s (root noun, in compounds)
  • Proto-Italic: *duks
    • Latin: dux (see there for further descendants)
• *duk-tó-s
  • Proto-Italic:
    • Latin: ductus
• *duk-is ~ *duk-éys
  • Proto-Germanic: *tugiz (see there for further descendants)
• *dewk-ón-s
  • Proto-Germanic: *tugô (“leader”, literally “one who pulls along”) (see there for further descendants)
• *dewk-dʰló-s or *dewk-elo-s
  • Proto-Germanic: *tugilaz (“rein”) (see there for further descendants)
• *dewk-tróm or *dewk-dʰróm
  • >? Proto-Germanic: *teudrą (“tether, drawbar”) (see there for further descendants)
• *dowk-éh₂
  • Proto-Germanic: *taugō (“cord”) (see there for further descendants)
• *dowk-mós
  • Proto-Germanic: *taumaz (“tie, tether; team; birth”) (see there for further descendants)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Proto-Albanian: *duk-
    • Albanian: nduk (“to draw (out), pluck”)
  • Anatolian:
    • Hittite: [script needed] (tukzi-), [script needed] c (tukkanzi-, “cultivation of plants and animals”)
  • Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: (possibly) δαδύσσομαι (dadússomai, “to be distracted”), (possibly) ἐνδυκέως (endukéōs, “kindly, greedily”)