köken: Adaptation of Ukrainian двобій (dvobij) which, along with many other cognates, is eventually descended from Proto-Slavic *dъva (“two”) + *bojь (“fight”).
duel (arranged, regular combat between two private persons, often over a matter of honor) · duel (battle between two knights) · an old boar not in heat living away from its herd
çekim: çoğul pojedynki · tamlayan pojedynku
köken: Inherited from Old Polish pojedzinek. By surface analysis, univerbation of po jedynemu + -ek.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *dwenos Old Latin duenos Old Latin *duenelos? Latin duellum De Vaan 2008 favors Pinault 1987's proposed derivation from *duenelos, a diminutive of duenos, itself an earlier form of bonus (“good, brave”). Perhaps the sense of "brave" allowed for the term to become a euphemism for wartime deeds, facilitating an eventual generalization to…
aile: duellātor, duellis, duellō, Duellōna, perduellis, proelium