Where does “doodeng” come from?

doodeng (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.

doodeng (Dutch): extremely scary, terrifying

Definitions

  1. extremely scary, terrifying

Ancestry of “doodeng”, step by step

doodeng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch dood

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchdooddead; A lot; death
2Dutchdodento kill; plural of dode
3Middle Dutchdôdento kill
4Old Dutchdōden
5Proto-West Germanicdaudijanto kill
6Proto-Germanicdaudijanąto make dead, kill
7Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
8Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
10Chichewaiyehe, she

via Dutch eng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchengnarrow; small; scary, creepy
2Middle Dutchengenarrow, confined
3Old Dutchengi
4Proto-West Germanic*angīnarrow
5Proto-Germanicanguznarrow, tight
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂énǵʰusnarrow, tight
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂enǵʰ-to constrict, tighten, compress; narrow, tight;...
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