ḍeti

pr 3rd sg of ḍeti (verb)

flies; flies up

Built from

ḍ — root · fly
An onomatopoetic root expressing rapid upward movement and the whirring sound of wings. The concrete image of flying underlies the literal meaning.
-e — ending · 3rd sg pres.
The thematic vowel -e marks the present stem; -ti (here contracted to -i in the -e stem) is the 3rd singular active ending.

Etymology. Root √ḍ, probably onomatopoetic in origin, imitating the sound and motion of flying. The word may be cognate with Sanskrit verb forms related to rapid upward motion, though the root is obscure in Indo-European terms.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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