Where does “udødelig” come from?
udødelig (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål dødelig, from Norwegian Bokmål død, from Danish død, from Old Danish døth, from Old Norse dauðr, from Proto-Germanic daudaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰowHtós.
udødelig (Norwegian Bokmål): immortal
Definitions
- immortal
Ancestry of “udødelig”, step by step
udødelig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål dødelig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | dødelig | lethal, deadly; mortal |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | død | death; dead, deceased; invalid |
| 3 | Danish | død | dead, inanimate; slack; death, decease, demise |
| 4 | Old Danish | døth | — |
| 5 | Old Norse | dauðr | dead |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | daudaz | dead |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰowHtós | — |
via Norwegian Bokmål U
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | U | The uppercase form of u, the twenty-first letter of the Norwegian Bokmål alphabet, written in the Latin script; preceded by t and followed by v |
| 2 | Latin | v | Capital form of |
| 3 | Etruscan | 𐌖 | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Υ | ypsilon |
| 5 | Phoenician | 𐤅 | waw; {{l|en|waw}} |
| 6 | Egyptian | 𓏲 | — |