ḍeti

to fly; only in simile “seyyathā pakkhī sakuṇo yena yen’ eva ḍeti…” DN.i.71 = MN.i.180, MN.i.269 = AN.ii.209 Pp.58; Ja.v.417. Cp. dayati & dīyati, also uḍḍeti.

Sk. *ḍayate = dīyati; ḍayana flying. The Dhtp gives the root as ḍī or ḷī with def. of “ākāsa-gamana”.