Where does “doodlopen” come from?

doodlopen (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.

doodlopen (Dutch): to end in a dead end; to exhaust oneself by...

Definitions

  1. to end in a dead end; to exhaust oneself by...

Ancestry of “doodlopen”, step by step

doodlopen 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 lopen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchlopento run, go fast on one's own legs; to run, cover...
2Middle Dutchlôpento run (on foot)
3Old Dutchlōpanto run, to walk, to go
4Proto-West Germanichlaupanto jump forward, to leap
5Proto-Germanichlaupanąto jump forward, to leap
6Proto-Indo-Europeanklaup-
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