Where does “doodbliksemen” come from?
doodbliksemen (Dutch) comes from Dutch dood, from Dutch doden, from Middle Dutch dôden, from Old Dutch dōden, from Proto-West Germanic daudijan, from Proto-Germanic daudijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
doodbliksemen (Dutch): to kill by lightning; to kill by electricity, a...
Definitions
- to kill by lightning; to kill by electricity, a...
Ancestry of “doodbliksemen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | dood | dead; A lot; death |
| 2 | Dutch | doden | to kill; plural of dode |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | dôden | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | dōden | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | daudijan | to kill |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | daudijaną | to make dead, kill |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |