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two

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Where it lives

What it meant

1. di- — de Vaan

di- 'two', such as diennium, dimus 'bimus', divium, dissulcus, difanam, are only attested in glosses and have graecisizing di-. The comparison of U. difue *?' with Gr. διφυής 'with two shapes' is rejected by Meiser 1986: I85£; the U. word might be a loan from Greek (thus Heidermanns apud Untermann 2000: 179). Lat. bi- regularly reflects PIE *d$r 'two' used as thefirstmember of a compound. The origin of */ in the PIE … — [de Vaan, s.v. di-, p. 85]

2. — Lewis & Short

, v. deus.

3. — Lewis & Short

, v. 3. dis.

4. di- — Walde–Hofmann

di- (in diennium usw.) s. unter biennium. diagridium s. acridium. — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. di-, p. 379]

5. di- — Walde–Hofmann

di-, di (air.) „von — herab‘“ I 325 dia (air.) 7345 — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. di-, p. 1909]

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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