dъvojь

Grammatical information: pl.

Meaning: `two, both' (Il.),

Other forms: δοιώ du.

Dialectal forms: Myc. PN duwojo \/ dwojos\/

Derivatives: δοιός sg. `double' (Emp.). δοιάς f. `group of two' (gloss.; after μονάς etc.) and denomin. δοιάζω, - ομαι, aor. δοιάξαι, also δοάσσαι (through blending with δοάσσατο) `linger, deliberate', also (after δοάσσατο) `imagine, believe' (B.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [228] *du̯oi- `twofold, double'

Etymology: ἐν δοιῃ̃ `in dubio, in hesitation' (Ι 230), from where ἐνδοιάζω `hesitate' (Th.) with ἐνδοιαστός, - ῶς `doubtful' (Ion., Th.) and late ἐνδοίασις, - άσιμος, - ασμός, - αστής, - αστικός. - Old formation to δύο, identical with Skt. dvayá-, OCS dъvojь `twofold', Germ., e. g. OHG zweiio, Goth. twaddje, ONord. tveggja gen. pl., IE *du̯o(i)i̯ó-; beside -du̯ei̯o- in Lith. dvejì `(each) two', OHG zwī `twig'; so to *du̯i- (s. δίς). - The maintenance of the intervocalic ι in Greek and the Germanic geminate (or "Verschärfung" to) Goth. ddj, ONord. ggj points to double i. Acc. to Wackernagel Gött. Nachr. 1914, 119f. (with Fraenkel Glotta 32, 19) (ἐν) δοιῃ̃ must be compared with Skt. dat. f. dvayyái. - S. also Gonda Reflexions on the numerals "one" and "two" 44 und 47f.

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