Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *dajjanąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_dajjaną
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Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 11)GuusKroonenBrill2013доитиto breastfeed, suckle; milkfellōsuck, suckleधयतिto suck, drink; suckle, nourish
verbWeak class 1to suck, suckleFrom Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁-oy-éye/o-, causative of y-present *dʰeh₁-éy-ti ~ *dʰeh₁-y-énti, from root *dʰeh₁(y)- ‘to suckle, nurse’, later remodeled as a Proto-Germanic weak class 1 verb Kroonen 2013. The North and East Proto-Germanic reflexes show the typical result of Holtmann’s Law. Cognate with Latin fellō (‘suck, suckle’), Old Church Slavonic доити (doiti, ‘to breastfeed, suckle; milk’), Sanskrit धयति (dháyati, ‘to suck, drink; suckle, nourish’).