Where does “dødsulukke” come from?

dødsulukke (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.

dødsulukke (Norwegian Nynorsk): a fatal accident

Definitions

  1. a fatal accident

Ancestry of “dødsulukke”, step by step

dødsulukke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Nynorsk død

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskdøddeath; dead, deceased; invalid
2Norwegian Bokmåldøddeath; dead, deceased; invalid
3Danishdøddead, inanimate; slack; death, decease, demise
4Old Danishdøth—
5Old Norsedauðrdead
6Proto-Germanicdaudazdead
7Proto-Indo-EuropeandʰowHtós—

via Norwegian Nynorsk ulukke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskulukkean accident
2Old Norseúlykka—
3Middle Low Germanungelucke—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰowHtós →Every word from Proto-Germanic daudaz →Every word from Old Norse dauðr →