Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “dʰowHtós”

305 words across 36 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European dʰowHtós — including dead, deadlock, deadening, deaden, deadness, deadpan, deadwood, deadbolt.

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English (58)

Dutch (44)

German (38)

Danish (34)

Norwegian Bokmål (30)

Norwegian Nynorsk (21)

Swedish (11)

Icelandic (9)

Afrikaans (7)

Middle Dutch (5)

Old High German (4)

Gothic (4)

Old Dutch (3)

Faroese (3)

Old English (3)

Middle English (3)

Middle High German (3)

Volapük (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

Proto-Germanic (2)

Old Norse (2)

Saterland Frisian (2)

Proto-West Germanic (2)

Central Franconian (1)

German Low German (1)

Yiddish (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Tagalog (1)

West Frisian (1)

Scots (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Plautdietsch (1)

Portuguese (1)

Sranan Tongo (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Middle Low German (1)