Where does “dauði” come from?

dauði (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic dauþuz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰówtus.

dauði (Old Norse): death, deadly epidemic

Definitions

  1. death, deadly epidemic

Ancestry of “dauði”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicdauþuzdeath
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰówtus

Words derived from “dauði

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰówtusEvery word from Proto-Germanic dauþuz