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Number: 415
Root: dheubh-, dhubh-
English meaning: spike, wedge
German meaning: `Pflock, Keil; schlagen'?
General comments: unsicher, da fast nur germ.
Material: Gr. τύφοι σφη̃νες Hes.

    Deminutiv mhd. tübel, mnd. dövel `Klotz, Pflock, Zapfen, Nagel' (nhd. Döbel, Dübel mit md. Anlaut), ahd. tubila, -i ` Zapfen', engl. dowel-pin `Pflock, Stift'; mnd. dövicke, ndl. deuvik `Zapfen'; schwed. norw. dubb `Pflock', tirol. tuppe `großes Stück Holz', mnd. dob(b)el, mhd. top(p)el `Würfel'. Daneben germ. Worte der Bed. `schlagen': ostfries. dufen, duven `stoßen', ndl. dof `Stoß, Ruderschlag', aisl. dubba, ags. dubbian `zum Ritter schlagen', ostfries. dubben `stoßen'; da es auch ein germ. *ðaƀ- `schlagen' gibt (s. u. dhā̆bh- `staunen'), könnte *ðuƀ- eine (vielleicht unter Beihilfe der Worte für `Pflock, Zapfen' zustande gekommene) jüngere Variante sein.

References: WP. I 848.
Pages: 268
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *dhubh- ?
Meaning: peg, nail
Old Greek: {pl. tǘphoi `клин' Hsch. - nowhere found!}
Germanic: *dub-il-a- m., *dubb=, *dub=
Russ. meaning: колышек, гвоздь
References: WP I 848
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *dubila-z, *dubb=, *dub=
Meaning: beat, hit
IE etymology: IE etymology
Swedish: dubb
Old English: dubbian `zum Ritter schlagen'
English: dub
Old Frisian: dubben `stossen, schlagen', dufen, duven `stossen, drücken, pressen'
Dutch: deuvel m. `houten pin waarmee de bodem van een vat bevestigd', deuvik m. `stop in het spongat'
Middle Low German: dȫvel
Low German: dövel `Klotz, Pflock, Zapfen, Nagel', dövicke `Zapfen', deuvik `Zapfen'
Old High German: tubil (9.Jh.), (gi)tubili (10.Jh.) `Auschnitt, Fuge', gituvili n.
Middle High German: tübel st. m. 'dübel, pflock, zapfen, nagel; stössel'
German: Dübel m. [D- < LG ]
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