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ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
diod, M. Br. diet, are referred by Stokes to the root dhê, suck, as in deoghail, or to *dê-patu (Lat. potus).
deòdhas, deòthas, eagerness, desire (deothas, M'F., O'R.); from dhevo-, Gr. θέω, run, θυμός, soul, etc. See deathach.
deoghail, suck, Ir. diuilim, deolaim, M. Ir. diul (n., dat.), *delu-, root del as in deal, leech; I. E. dhê, suck; Lat. fêlare, suck, fêmina, woman, "suck-giver"; Gr. θῆλυς, female, θηλή, teat, θηλάζω, suck; Skr. dháyati (do.). The Breton forms show n; Br. dena, suck. See dìonag.
deòidh, fa dheòidh, at last, finally, Ir. fá dheoidh, O. Ir. fo diud, postremo; dat. case of O. Ir. déad, end. See déidh for derivation.
deòin, assent, Ir., E. Ir. deóin, *degni-; I. E. root deg, degh; Gr. δοκέω, seem, δόξα, opinion, διδαχή, teaching, Lat. doceo, doctrina, etc. See deagh, good.
deòradh, an alien, Ir. deóraidh, a stranger, exile, M. Ir. deorad. Stokes thinks the word is borrowed from Brittonic - Br. devroet, depaysé, "dis-countrified" (di-brog-, see brugh), Cor. diures, exul. deòradh: opposite of urradh, guarantor, = di-urradh (Jub.). air-rad (Meyer). Hence the name Dewar.
detheine, a heated boring iron: *déthéine, the accent being on the second portion teine, fire. For dé, see dealan-dé.
detheoda, henbane (M'D.):
detìach, deteigheach, the gullet, weasand (M'D., Sh., etc.): peculiar as accented on iach, properly det-íach; Dial. it-ioch, epiglottis (Arg.).
deubh, shrink; see dèabh.
deubhann, a fetter for a horse:
deuchainn, diachainn, a trial, attempt, Ir. d'fhéachain, to see. See feuch, feuchainn.
deud, a tooth, Ir. déad, O. Ir. dét, W. dant, Cor. dans, Br. dant. dṇtâ (Stokes); Lat. dens (dentis); Gr. ὀδοúς (g. ὀδόντος); Eng. tooth, Got tunþus; Lit. dantìs; Skr. dant-.
deug, diag, -teen, e.g., cóig-deug, fif-teen, Ir. déag, O. Ir. déc, deac, W. deng, ten (?). The exact relationship of deug to deich is difficult to decide. The other I. E. languages, as a rule, make 13 to 19 by combining the unit numeral with 10, as Ger. drei-zehn, Ag. S. ðríténe, Lat. tridecim. *dvei-penge (St.).
deur, diar, a tear, drop, Ir. déar, deór, O. Ir. dér, W., Cor., dagr, O. Br. dacr, M. Br. dazrou, tears, *dakru; Gr. δάκρυ; Lat. lacrima, for dacrima; Eng. tear, Got. tagr.
Di-, -day; the prefix in the names of the days of the week, Ir., O. Ir. dia, die (O. Ir.), W. dydd, Cor. det (for dedh), Br. dez,
