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Where does “dād” come from?

dād (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-West Germanic daud, from Proto-Germanic daudaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰowHtós.

Ancestry of “dād”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicdauddead
2Proto-Germanicdaudazdead
3Proto-Indo-EuropeandʰowHtós—

Words derived from “dād”

  • dea
  • dood
  • döödelk
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰowHtós →