Cognate Set 1890 – Meaning: big
- IE-CoR reference form:
- dìdelis
- IE-CoR reference language:
- Lithuanian
- Ideophonic:
- no
- Parallel derivation:
- no
- Justification:
- No certain cognates outside of Balto-Slavic (cf. Latv. dižs 'great'). Commonly conntected with PIE *dei̯h₂- 'to light up' (LIV² 108, IEW 183f.), which is however problematic, as Winter's lengthening is lacking (ALEW 204-205; not in Derksen 2015, cf. also Smoczyński 2007:107-108).
- Found in clades:
- Baltic
- Revised by:
- Matthew Scarborough
Found in 1 clade by 1 lexeme.
|
Language |
Lexeme |
Native script |
Phonetic |
Phonemic |
Notes |
| 76 |
Lithuanian
|
dìdelis |
|
ˈdʲɪdʲɛlʲɪs |
ˈdɪdʲɛlʲɪs |
|
- References
- Hock, Wolfgang and Fecht, Rainer and Feulner, Anna Helene and Hill, Eugen and Wodtko, Dagmar S.: 204-205
S.v. OLith. dìdis 'groß, bedeutend' (BSl. dižs 'groß; vornehm, herrlich'). No certain cognates outside of Balto-Slavic (but no known Old Prussian correspondences. Commonly conntected with PIE *dei̯h₂- 'to light up' ([LIV²](src-141) 108, [IEW](src-49) 183f.), which is however problematic, as Winter's lengthening is lacking.
