Where does “dôden” come from?

dôden (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch dōden, from Proto-West Germanic daudijan, from Proto-Germanic daudijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

dôden (Middle Dutch): to kill

Definitions

  1. to kill

Ancestry of “dôden”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchdōden—
2Proto-West Germanicdaudijanto kill
3Proto-Germanicdaudijanąto make dead, kill
4Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
5Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
7Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “dôden”

Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Germanic -janą →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →