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130  diod, M. Br. diet, are referred by Stokes to the root dhê, suck, as in deoghail, or to *dê-patu (Lat. potus).

Di-, -day; the prefix in the names of the days of the week, Ir., O. Ir. dia, die (O. Ir.), W. dydd, Cor. det (for dedh), Br. dez,