Where does “dooie” come from?
dooie (Dutch) comes from Dutch dode, 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 — he, she.
dooie (Dutch): Alternative form of dode
Definitions
- Alternative form of dode
Ancestry of “dooie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | dode | A deceased person; A casualty, victim of a fatal... |
| 2 | Dutch | dood | dead; A lot; death |
| 3 | Dutch | doden | to kill; plural of dode |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | dôden | to kill |
| 5 | Old Dutch | dōden | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | daudijan | to kill |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | daudijaną | to make dead, kill |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |