Where does “Euthanasie” come from?

Euthanasie (German) comes from Ancient Greek εὐθανασία, from Ancient Greek Θάνατος, from Ancient Greek θνῄσκω, from Ancient Greek -σκω, from Proto-Indo-European -sḱéti — Forms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...

Euthanasie (German): euthanasia

Definitions

  1. euthanasia

Ancestry of “Euthanasie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekεὐθανασίαeasy, happy death
2Ancient GreekΘάνατοςThanatos
3Ancient GreekθνῄσκωI die; I am dead; to be killed
4Ancient Greek-σκωPrimitive suffix used to form present-tense...
5Proto-Indo-European-sḱétiForms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...

Words derived from “Euthanasie”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -sḱéti →Every word from Ancient Greek -σκω →Every word from Ancient Greek θνῄσκω →