Where does “dauðakippur” come from?

dauðakippur (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic dauði, from Old Norse dauði, from Proto-Germanic dauþuz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰówtus.

dauðakippur (Icelandic): death twitch

Definitions

  1. death twitch

Ancestry of “dauðakippur”, step by step

dauðakippur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic dauði

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicdauðideath
2Old Norsedauðideath, deadly epidemic
3Proto-Germanicdauþuzdeath
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰówtus—

via Icelandic kippur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandickippurjerk, twitch; indefinite nominative plural of...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰówtus →Every word from Proto-Germanic dauþuz →Every word from Old Norse dauði →