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Where does “baludad” come from?

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

baludad (Old Saxon): evil deed

Definitions

  1. evil deed

Ancestry of “baludad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxondād—
2Proto-West Germanicdādideed
3Proto-Germanicdēdizdeed, act; doing, able to do, active
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéh₁tisact of putting, placement
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →