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Where does “dauður” come from?

dauður (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse dauðr, from Proto-Germanic daudaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰowHtós.

dauður (Icelandic): dead

Definitions

  1. dead

Ancestry of “dauður”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsedauðrdead
2Proto-Germanicdaudazdead
3Proto-Indo-EuropeandʰowHtós—

Words derived from “dauður”

  • steindauður
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