Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗the vertical distance below a surface; the degree to which something is deep · the distance between the front and the back, as the depth of a drawer or closet · the intensity, complexity, strength, seriousness or importance of an emotion, situation, etc. · lowness
From Middle English depthe, from Old English *dīepþ (“depth”), from Proto-Germanic *diupiþō (“depth”), equivalent to deep + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognates Cognate with Scots deepth, Saterland Frisian Djüpte, West Frisian djipte (“depth; abyss, chasm”), Dutch diepte, German Low German Deepd, Luxembourgish Déift, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål dybde (“depth”), Faroese dýpd (“depth”), Icelandic dýpt, Norwegian Nynorsk djupt, dypt, and Gothic 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍀𐌹𐌸𐌰 (diupiþa, “depth”); further to Old English diepe, German Tiefe, Icelandic dýpi, Norwegian Nynorsk djup, djupn, Swedish djup.
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These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Root classification mention*dʰewbʰ-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentiondeptheenm
- Inherited-form mention*dīepþang · depth
- Inherited-form mention*diupiþōgem-pro · depth
- Cognate mentiondeepthsco
- Cognate mentionDjüptestq
- Cognate mentiondjiptefy · depth; abyss, chasm
- Cognate mentiondieptenl
- Cognate mentionDéiftlb
- Cognate mentiondybdenb · depth
- Cognate mentiondýpdfo · depth
- Cognate mentiondýptis
- Cognate mentiondjuptnn
- Cognate mention𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍀𐌹𐌸𐌰got · depth
- Cognate mentiondiepeang
- Cognate mentionTiefede
- Cognate mentiondýpiis
- Cognate mentiondjupnn
- Cognate mentiondjupsv
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