Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dus-

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

Prefix

*dus-[1]

bad
Antonym: *h₁su-

Derived terms

Proto-Indo-European terms prefixed with *dus-

Descendants

(perhaps) Armenian:
- Old Armenian: տ- (t-)
Balto-Slavic:
- ⇒ Proto-Slavic: *dъždžь (“rainstorm, rain”) (< *dus-dyu- (“bad sky”), from *dyu- (“sky, day”))
Proto-Celtic: *dus- (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Germanic: *tuz- (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Hellenic: *dus- (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *duš- (see there for further descendants)

References

Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “Bad”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 43
Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “Hostile”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 281
Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “Lack”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 343

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[1] Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN