Where does “Selbstmordkommando” come from?
Selbstmordkommando (German) comes from German Selbstmord, from German mord, from Middle High German mort, from Old High German mord, from Old English morþ, from Old Norse morð, from Proto-Germanic murþą, from Proto-Indo-European mr̥tós — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.
Selbstmordkommando (German): suicide squad
Definitions
- suicide squad
Ancestry of “Selbstmordkommando”, step by step
Selbstmordkommando traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Selbstmord
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Selbstmord | suicide |
| 2 | German | mord | murder |
| 3 | Middle High German | mort | — |
| 4 | Old High German | mord | murder |
| 5 | Old English | morþ | death, crime; murder |
| 6 | Old Norse | morð | murder |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | murþą | death; killing, murder |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mr̥tós | dead; mortal |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mer- | to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland |