Where does “dædbana” come from?

dædbana (Old English) comes from Old English Bana, from Proto-Germanic banō, from Proto-Germanic banô, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰon-on-, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰen-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰon-.

dædbana (Old English): an evil-doer, a perpetrator of murder

Definitions

  1. an evil-doer, a perpetrator of murder

Ancestry of “dædbana”, step by step

dædbana traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English Bana

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishBanamurderer
2Proto-Germanicbanōa battlefield; a clearing; open space; a cleared...
3Proto-Germanicbanômurderer
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰon-on-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰen-to strike, slay, kill
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰon-—

via Old English dǣd

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishdǣddeed, act
2Proto-Germanicdēdizdeed, act; doing, able to do, active
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéh₁tisact of putting, placement
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰon- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰen- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰon-on- →