köken: Adaptation of Ukrainian двобій (dvobij) which, along with many other cognates, is eventually descended from Proto-Slavic *dъva (“two”) + *bojь (“fight”).
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Balto-Slavic *duwōˀ Proto-Slavic *dъva Old Polish dwa Polish dwa Polish -isty Polish dwoisty From dwa + -isty.
aile: kettősség, kettőshangzó, kettőspont, kettős állampolgárság, kettős betű, kettős bé, kettős élet, kettős kereszt, kettős könyvelés, kettős könyvvitel
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