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Where does “dēd” come from?

dēd (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-West Germanic dādi, from Proto-Germanic dēdiz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéh₁tis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

dēd (Old Frisian): deed

Definitions

  1. deed

Ancestry of “dēd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicdādideed
2Proto-Germanicdēdizdeed, act; doing, able to do, active
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéh₁tisact of putting, placement
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “dēd”

  • died
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →