Where does “dødsstivhed” come from?
dødsstivhed (Danish) comes from Danish stivhed, from Danish -hed, from Middle Low German -heit, from Old Saxon -hed, from Proto-West Germanic -haidu, from Proto-Germanic haiduz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kayt-.
dødsstivhed (Danish): rigor mortis
Definitions
- rigor mortis
Ancestry of “dødsstivhed”, step by step
dødsstivhed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish stivhed
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | stivhed | stiffness |
| 2 | Danish | -hed | function is similar to -ty and -ness |
| 3 | Middle Low German | -heit | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | -hed | forming nouns of condition or quality, from nouns... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -haidu | hood |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | haiduz | manner, way; personality, character; appearance |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kayt- | — |