Where does “dǣd” come from?

dǣd (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic dēdiz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéh₁tis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

dǣd (Old English): deed, act

Definitions

  1. deed, act

Ancestry of “dǣd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicdēdizdeed, act; doing, able to do, active
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéh₁tisact of putting, placement
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “dǣd”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰéh₁tis →Every word from Proto-Germanic dēdiz →
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