deuk-

To lead.

Derivatives include wanton, team, duke, subdue, and educate.

1.

a. tug; wanton, from Old English tēon, to pull, draw, lead;

b. Zugunruhe, zugzwang, from Old High German ziohan, to pull. Both a and b from Germanic *teuhan.

2. Suffixed zero-grade form *duk-ā-. tow¹, taut, from Old English togian, to draw, drag, from Germanic *tugōn.

3. Suffixed o-grade form *douk-eyo-. tie, from Old English *tīegan, tīgan, to bind.

4. Suffixed o-grade form *douk-mo-. team, from Old English tēam, descendant, family, race, brood, team, from Germanic *tau(h)maz.

5. teem¹, from Old English tēman, tīeman, to beget, from Germanic denominative *tau(h)mjan.

6. Basic form *deuk-. doge, douche, ducal, ducat, duce, duchess, duchy, duct, ductile, duke; abducens, abduct, adduce, aqueduct, circumduction, con³, condottiere, conduce, conduct, deduce, deduct, educe, endue, induce, introduce, produce, redoubt, reduce, seduction, subduction, subdue, traduce, transducer, from Latin dūcere, to lead.

7. Suffixed zero-grade form *duk-ā-. educate, from Latin ēducāre, to lead out, bring up (ē- < ex-, out; see eghs).

 

[Pokorny deuk- 220.]

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