Where does “dōd” come from?

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

Ancestry of “dōd”, step by step

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

Words derived from “dōd”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰowHtós →Every word from Proto-Germanic daudaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic daud →