Where does “dødstall” come from?
dødstall (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål død, from Danish død, from Old Danish døth, from Old Norse dauðr, from Proto-Germanic daudaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰowHtós.
dødstall (Norwegian Bokmål): death toll
Definitions
- death toll
Ancestry of “dødstall”, step by step
dødstall traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål død
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | død | death; dead, deceased; invalid |
| 2 | Danish | død | dead, inanimate; slack; death, decease, demise |
| 3 | Old Danish | døth | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | dauðr | dead |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | daudaz | dead |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰowHtós | — |
via Norwegian Bokmål tall
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | tall | number, numeral, figure |
| 2 | Old Norse | tal | a talk, parley, conversation; speech, language; a... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | talą | speech; number |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dol- | reckoning, calculation, fraud; calculation, fraud |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |