Where does “daud” come from?
daud (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk daud, from Old Norse dauðr, from Proto-Germanic daudaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰowHtós.
daud (Norwegian Bokmål): Alternative form of død
Ancestry of “daud”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | daud | dead; invalid |
| 2 | Old Norse | dauðr | dead |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | daudaz | dead |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰowHtós | — |