Where does “dødmandsknap” come from?

dødmandsknap (Danish) comes from Danish dødmand, from Danish død, from Old Danish døth, from Old Norse dauðr, from Proto-Germanic daudaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰowHtós.

dødmandsknap (Danish): dead man's switch

Definitions

  1. dead man's switch

Ancestry of “dødmandsknap”, step by step

dødmandsknap traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish dødmand

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishdødmand"death"
2Danishdøddead, inanimate; slack; death, decease, demise
3Old Danishdøth—
4Old Norsedauðrdead
5Proto-Germanicdaudazdead
6Proto-Indo-EuropeandʰowHtós—

via Danish knap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishknapscant, scarce; brief, concise; hardly, scarcely
2Old Norseknapprknob
3Proto-Germanicknappôknob, lump; button
4Proto-Indo-Europeangnebʰ-to press, tighten
5Proto-Indo-Europeangen-to squeeze, pinch, kink, ball up, concentrate; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰowHtós →Every word from Proto-Germanic daudaz →Every word from Old Norse dauðr →