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Where does “spinnendoder” come from?

spinnendoder (Dutch) comes from Dutch doder, 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.

spinnendoder (Dutch): spider wasp, any member of the "Pompilidae"

Definitions

  1. spider wasp, any member of the "Pompilidae"

Ancestry of “spinnendoder”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchdoderkiller
2Dutchdodento kill; plural of dode
3Middle Dutchdôden—
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
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