Where does “Kadaver” come from?

Kadaver (German) comes from Latin cadāver, from Latin cadō, from Proto-Italic kadō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- — to fall.

Kadaver (German): carcass, cadaver, carrion, corse

Definitions

  1. carcass, cadaver, carrion, corse

Ancestry of “Kadaver”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincadāvercorpse, cadaver, carcass
2Latincadōto fall, to fall out
3Proto-Italickadōfall, sink
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall

Words derived from “Kadaver”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- →Every word from Proto-Italic kadō →Every word from Latin cadō →