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Where does “Todeszelle” come from?

Todeszelle (German) comes from German tōd, from Middle High German tōt, from Old High German tōt, from Proto-West Germanic daud, from Proto-Germanic daudaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰowHtós.

Todeszelle (German): death row cell; cell in a prison in which a...

Definitions

  1. death row cell; cell in a prison in which a...

Ancestry of “Todeszelle”, step by step

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