Where does “dødsengel” come from?

dødsengel (Danish) comes from Danish engel, from Old Norse engill, from Old Saxon engil, from Proto-West Germanic angil, from Latin angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος — a messenger; one that announces; angel, heavenly...

dødsengel (Danish): angel of death

Definitions

  1. angel of death

Ancestry of “dødsengel”, step by step

dødsengel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish engel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishengelangel
2Old Norseengillangel
3Old Saxonengilangel
4Proto-West Germanicangilangel
5Latinangelusangel; messenger
6Ancient Greekἄγγελοςa messenger; one that announces; angel, heavenly...

via Danish død

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishdøddead, inanimate; slack; death, decease, demise
2Old Danishdøth—
3Old Norsedauðrdead
4Proto-Germanicdaudazdead
5Proto-Indo-EuropeandʰowHtós—
Every word from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος →Every word from Old Norse engill →Every word from Old Saxon engil →