Where does “Chancentod” come from?

Chancentod (German) comes from German Chance, from French chance, from Old French cheance, from Vulgar Latin cadentia, from Latin cadēns, from Latin cadō, from Proto-Italic kadō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- — to fall.

Chancentod (German): a player who habitually misses good chances to...

Definitions

  1. a player who habitually misses good chances to...

Ancestry of “Chancentod”, step by step

Chancentod traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Chance

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanChancechance
2Frenchchancechance; luck
3Old Frenchcheanceaccident, chance, luck
4Vulgar Latincadentiafalling
5Latincadēnsfalling
6Latincadōto fall, to fall out
7Proto-Italickadōfall, sink
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall

via German Tod

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanToddeath
2Middle High Germantōt—
3Old High Germantōtdead
4Proto-West Germanicdauddead
5Proto-Germanicdaudazdead
6Proto-Indo-EuropeandʰowHtós—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- →