Where does “drepsótt” come from?
drepsótt (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic sótt, from Old Norse sótt, from Proto-Germanic suhtiz, from Proto-Germanic -þiz, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.
drepsótt (Icelandic): plague, pestilence, pest
Ancestry of “drepsótt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Icelandic | sótt | illness, sickness; supine of sækja |
| 2 | Old Norse | sótt | sickness, illness, disease; second-person plural... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | suhtiz | sickness |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -þiz | Forms abstract nouns from verb roots, usually... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |