*da-

*dā-, 原印欧语根, 意思是“分割”.

It forms all or part of: betide; daimon; Damocles; deal (v.); deal (n. 1) “part, portion;” demagogue; demiurge; democracy; demography; demon; demotic; dole; endemic; epidemic; eudaemonic; geodesic; geodesy; ordeal; pandemic; pandemonium; tidal; tide (n.) “rise and fall of the sea;” tidings; tidy; time; zeitgeist.

它的假设来源/存在的证据是由. 梵文 dati “切割, 分化”; 希腊文 dēmos “人, 土地”, 也许字面意思是“社会的分化”, daiesthai “分化”; 古爱尔兰文 dam “部队, 公司”; 古英文 tid “时间点或时间部分”, 德文 Zeit “时间”.