Where does “dødsrate” come from?
dødsrate (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk død, from Norwegian Bokmål død, from Danish død, from Old Danish døth, from Old Norse dauðr, from Proto-Germanic daudaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰowHtós.
dødsrate (Norwegian Nynorsk): death rate
Definitions
- death rate
Ancestry of “dødsrate”, step by step
dødsrate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk død
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | død | death; dead, deceased; invalid |
| 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 Nynorsk rate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | rate | rate; instalment or installment |
| 2 | Latin | rata | inflection of ratus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 3 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 4 | Latin | rēōr | to reckon, calculate |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |