Where does “dáð” come from?

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

dáð (Old Norse): deed

Definitions

  1. deed

Ancestry of “dáð”, 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 “dáð”

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