Where does “doodstil” come from?
doodstil (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.
doodstil (Dutch): silent as the grave
Definitions
- silent as the grave
Ancestry of “doodstil”, step by step
doodstil traces back through 3 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 |