Where does “doodsangst” come from?
doodsangst (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.
doodsangst (Dutch): A fear of death; A mortal fear, extreme anguish
Definitions
- A fear of death; A mortal fear, extreme anguish
Ancestry of “doodsangst”, step by step
doodsangst traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch dood
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | dood | dead; A lot; death |
| 2 | Dutch | doden | to kill; plural of dode |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | dôden | to kill |
| 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 |
via Dutch angst
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | angst | fear, fright, anxiety |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | anxt | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | angust | fear, fright |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *angusti | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | angustiz | narrowness, tightness; fear, anxiety |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | anguz | narrow, tight |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énǵʰus | narrow, tight |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂enǵʰ- | to constrict, tighten, compress; narrow, tight;... |