Where does “totprügeln” come from?

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

totprügeln (German): to beat to death

Definitions

  1. to beat to death

Ancestry of “totprügeln”, step by step

totprügeln traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German tōt

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

via German prügeln

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanprügelnto beat (up), to strike
2German-nAlternative form of -en
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰowHtós →Every word from Proto-Germanic daudaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic daud →