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”).

Noun

*dubilaz m

1. 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