köken: Adaptation of Ukrainian двобій (dvobij) which, along with many other cognates, is eventually descended from Proto-Slavic *dъva (“two”) + *bojь (“fight”).
köken: Borrowed from Middle French duel, from Latin duellum (“duel; war”), archaic form of bellum (“war”). In Mediaeval Latin the meaning shifted from “war” to “duel” because of folk etymology associating it with duo (“two”).
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