Where does “deist” come from?

deist (Middle High German) comes from Middle High German dat, from Old High German dat, from Proto-West Germanic dādi, from Proto-Germanic dēdiz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéh₁tis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

deist (Middle High German): that is

Definitions

  1. that is

Ancestry of “deist”, step by step

deist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German dat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germandat—
2Old High Germandatthat
3Proto-West Germanicdādideed
4Proto-Germanicdēdizdeed, act; doing, able to do, active
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéh₁tisact of putting, placement
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Middle High German daz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germandazthat, it
2Old High Germandazthat
3Proto-Germanicþatnominative/accusative singular neuter of *sa
4Proto-Indo-Europeantóddemonstrative pronoun; that; it
5Proto-Indo-Europeanto-it; that; the, that
6Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

Words derived from “deist”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰéh₁tis →Every word from Proto-Germanic dēdiz →