English
dumka
Dumka comes from Ukrainian ду́мка ‘thought’, from ду́ма ‘sung epic poem’, and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to put, do’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁-1‘to put, do’uncertain
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰóh₁mos1‘thing put’uncertain
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*dōmaz2‘judgement’uncertain
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*duma3‘thought, care, council’uncertain
- Ukrainianmodernду́ма4dúma‘sung epic poem’
- Ukrainianmodernду́мка4dúmka‘thought’diminutive of ду́ма
- Englishtodaydumka4
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Germanic *dōmaz
- 2 Wiktionary, Proto-Slavic *duma
- 3 Wiktionary, Ukrainian дума
- 4 Wiktionary, English dumka
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁-Wiktionary, Proto-Germanic *dōmaz‘to put, do’uncertain
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰóh₁mosWiktionary, Proto-Germanic *dōmaz‘thing put’uncertain
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*dōmazWiktionary, Proto-Slavic *duma‘judgement’uncertain
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*dumaWiktionary, Ukrainian дума‘thought, care, council’uncertain
- Ukrainianmodernду́маWiktionary, English dumkadúma‘sung epic poem’
- Ukrainianmodernду́мкаWiktionary, English dumkadúmka‘thought’diminutive of ду́ма
- EnglishtodaydumkaWiktionary, English dumka
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‘to put, do’
do, fact, deal, hot, fair, defense, fan, benefit, fashion, feature, mid, theme, defence, custom, ethnic, sufficient, treasury, treasure, ethical, thesis, aesthetic, defendant, feast, synthetic, theology, tick, deed, dis, atheist, ethic, auditor, atheism, demi, deem, spade, thematic, ethos, forfeit, feral, fanatic, 125 more
through Proto-Germanic *dōmaz ‘judgement’
through Proto-Slavic *duma ‘thought, care, council’
Today it means
noun A genre of instrumental folk music from Ukraine.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “dumka”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Germanic *dōmaz, Proto-Slavic *duma, Ukrainian дума. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- / dumka