Where does “dødsårsag” come from?

dødsårsag (Danish) comes from Danish årsag, from Middle Low German orsake, from Middle Low German sake, from Old Saxon saka, from Proto-West Germanic saku, from Proto-Germanic sakō, from Proto-Indo-European seh₂g- — to seek out.

dødsårsag (Danish): cause of death

Definitions

  1. cause of death

Ancestry of “dødsårsag”, step by step

dødsårsag traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish årsag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishårsagcause
2Middle Low Germanorsakereason, cause
3Middle Low Germansake—
4Old Saxonsaka—
5Proto-West Germanicsakuaccusation, charge; case
6Proto-Germanicsakōquarrel; charge, case, lawsuit; thing, matter
7Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₂g-to seek out

via Danish død

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishdøddead, inanimate; slack; death, decease, demise
2Old Danishdøth—
3Old Norsedauðrdead
4Proto-Germanicdaudazdead
5Proto-Indo-EuropeandʰowHtós—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European seh₂g- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sakō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic saku →