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Where does “todgeweiht” come from?

todgeweiht (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.

todgeweiht (German): moribund; dying

Definitions

  1. moribund; dying

Ancestry of “todgeweiht”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantōd—
2Middle High Germantōt—
3Old High Germantōt—
4Proto-West Germanicdauddead
5Proto-Germanicdaudazdead
6Proto-Indo-EuropeandʰowHtós—
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