dye
English
/daɪ/
noun
Definitions
- A colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied.
- Any hue, color, or blee.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English deie inherited from Old English dēah inherited from Proto-Germanic *daugō (colour, shade) derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (smoke, haze, raise dust, mist, come full circle, finish, fume, blow, dark, whisk, vapor, breath, gray, deep, camouflage) inherited from Middle English deien inherited from Old English dēagian root from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (smoke, haze, raise dust, mist, come full circle, finish, fume, blow, dark, whisk, vapor, breath, gray, deep, camouflage).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dʰewh₂-
Gloss
smoke, haze, raise dust, mist, come full circle, finish, fume, blow, dark, whisk, vapor, breath, gray, deep, camouflage
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
暗, 闇, 冥
Emoji
🌋 🚬
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- athymia English
- bath English
- bedye English
- counterdye English
- dyability English
- dyeability English
- dyeable English
- dyebath English
- dyehouse English
- dyeless English
- dyelike English
- dyepot English
- dyer English
- dyery English
- dyest English
- dyestuff English
- dyeth English
- dyewater English
- dyewood English
- dyework English
- dyeworks English
- dysthymia English
- house English
- overdye English
- pot English
- predye English
- re-dye English
- redye English
- stuff English
- undye English
- undyeable English
- water English
- wood English
- work English
- works English
- Februārius Latin
- favilla Latin
- feteo Latin
- fimum Latin
- fumigo Latin
- furo Latin
- fuscus Latin
- fētēre Latin
- fūlīginōsus Latin
- fūmigātus Latin
- ob- Latin
- suffio Latin
- Tau German
- dauw Dutch, Flemish
- Τυφῶν Ancient Greek
- εὖ Ancient Greek
- θεῖον Ancient Greek
- θύμον Ancient Greek
- θύμος Ancient Greek
- θύος Ancient Greek
- θύω Ancient Greek
- ἀθυμία Ancient Greek
- *dʰegʷʰris Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰewh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰews- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰowh₂-nis Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰuHnom Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰuh₂li- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰuh₂mós Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰuh₂s- Proto-Indo-European
- *daugō Proto-Germanic
- *dawwaz Proto-Germanic
- *dawwō Proto-Germanic
- *dusnaz Proto-Germanic
- *dustą Proto-Germanic
- *dwemrą Proto-Germanic
- *dūjan- Proto-Germanic
- *dūnaz Proto-Germanic
- *dūnǭ Proto-Germanic
- deag Old English
- deagolnes Old English
- dēagian Old English
- dēagol Old English
- dēah Old English
- gediegan Old English
- धूसर Sanskrit
- deie Middle English
- deien Middle English
- undien Middle English
- dúil Irish
- धूसर Hindi
- dafn Welsh
- dùil Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- *dusnos Proto-Celtic
- *dwīyūss Proto-Celtic
- *dūnom Proto-Celtic
- dyow Scots
- *dupsa Proto-Albanian
- *ən-dūja Proto-Albanian
- indayi South Ndebele