Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dubilaz

This Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic

Etymology

Probably from *dubjaną + *-ilaz. Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp- (“to stick, push”), see also Proto-Slavic *tъpati (“to stomp”), Ancient Greek τύπτω (túptō, “to beat, strike”).[1]

Noun

*dubilaz m

peg; dowel

Descendants

Old Saxon: *dubil
- Middle Low German: dövel
  - → English: dowel (perhaps)
  - → Danish: dyvel
Old Dutch: *duvil
- Middle Dutch: *duevel (attested in the verb develen, *duevelen)
  - Dutch: deuvel
Old High German: tubil
- Middle High German: tübel
  - German: Dübel, Döbel
    - → Russian: дю́бель (djúbelʹ)
      - → Armenian: դյուբել (dyubel)
    - → Serbo-Croatian:
      Latin script: tìpl
      Cyrillic script: тѝпл
    - → Turkish: dübel

References

P.A.F. van Veen en N. van der Sijs (1997), Etymologisch woordenboek: de herkomst van onze woorden, 2e druk, Van Dale Lexicografie, Utrecht/Antwerpen

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[1] P.A.F. van Veen en N. van der Sijs (1997), Etymologisch woordenboek: de herkomst van onze woorden, 2e druk, Van Dale Lexicografie, Utrecht/Antwerpen