Where does “θάνατος” come from?

θάνατος (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek Θάνατος, from Ancient Greek θνῄσκω, from Ancient Greek -σκω, from Proto-Indo-European -sḱéti — Forms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...

θάνατος (Greek): death

Definitions

  1. death

Ancestry of “θάνατος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekΘάνατοςThanatos
2Ancient GreekθνῄσκωI die; I am dead; to be killed
3Ancient Greek-σκωPrimitive suffix used to form present-tense...
4Proto-Indo-European-sḱétiForms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -sḱéti →Every word from Ancient Greek -σκω →Every word from Ancient Greek θνῄσκω →