Where does “dāþ” come from?

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

Ancestry of “dāþ”, step by step

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

Words derived from “dāþ”

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