Where does “dodehuis” come from?
dodehuis (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans huis, from Dutch huis, from Dutch raad, from Middle Dutch râet, from Old Dutch rāt, from Proto-West Germanic rād, from Proto-Germanic rēdaz, from Proto-Indo-European Hréh₁dʰos — to fit, to fix, to put together.
dodehuis (Afrikaans): morgue; mortuary
Definitions
- morgue; mortuary
Ancestry of “dodehuis”, step by step
dodehuis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Afrikaans huis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | huis | A house, residence |
| 2 | Dutch | huis | A house, home, residence; A genealogical house,... |
| 3 | Dutch | raad | An advice, counsel; A council, board, body which... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | râet | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | rāt | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | rād | advice, counsel |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | rēdaz | advice, counsel |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | Hréh₁dʰos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₁dʰ- | to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via Afrikaans dood
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | dood | dead; exhausted; listless; fatigued; death; the... |
| 2 | Dutch | dood | dead; A lot; death |
| 3 | Dutch | doden | to kill; plural of dode |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | dôden | to kill |
| 5 | Old Dutch | dōden | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | daudijan | to kill |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | daudijaną | to make dead, kill |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |