Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To have enough courage (to do something). · To defy or challenge (someone to do something). · To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to. · To terrify; to daunt.
A challenge to prove courage. · The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness. · Defiance; challenge. · In the game truth or dare, the choice to perform a dare set by the other players.
From Middle English durren, from Old English durran, from Proto-West Germanic *durʀan, from Proto-Germanic *durzaną (“to dare”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰedʰórse (“to dare”), reduplicated stative of the root *dʰers- (“to be bold, to dare”), an *-s- extension of *dʰer- (“to hold, support”). Cognates Cognate with Low German dören, Dutch durven, German thüren, Sanskrit दधर्ष (dadhárṣa), but also with Ancient Greek θρασύς (thrasús), Albanian nder, Lithuanian drįsti, Russian дерза́ть (derzátʹ).
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- Root classification mention*dʰers-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentiondurrenenm
- Inherited-form mentiondurranang
- Inherited-form mention*durʀangmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*durzanągem-pro · to dare
- Inherited-form mention*dʰedʰórseine-pro · to dare
- Cognate mentiondörennds
- Cognate mentiondurvennl
- Cognate mentionthürende
- Cognate mentionदधर्षsa
- Cognate mentionθρασύςgrc
- Cognate mentionndersq
- Cognate mentiondrįstilt
- Cognate mentionдерза́тьru
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