Where does “undying” come from?
I can't write this etymology summary because the chain provided contains only "English die" repeated eight times with no actual etymological progression to older languages. A valid etymology requires tracing the word back through earlier language stages (such as Middle English, Old English, Proto-Germanic, etc.), but this chain shows no such development. Without a genuine etymological path, I cannot accurately complete the assignment according to the rules.
undying (English): permanent; never-ending; infinite; present...
Definitions
- permanent; never-ending; infinite; present...
Ancestry of “undying”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | dying | Approaching death; about to die; moribund;... |
| 2 | English | -ing | Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,... |
| 3 | Old English | -ing | Forming nouns from verbs, indicating action,... |
| 4 | Old English | -tūn | — |
| 5 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 8 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
Words derived from “undying”