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Where does “dauþu” come from?

dauþu (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic dauþuz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰówtus.

dauþu (Proto-West Germanic): death

Definitions

  1. death

Ancestry of “dauþu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicdauþuzdeath
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰówtus—

Words derived from “dauþu”

  • death
  • deathless
  • deathlike
  • deathblow
  • deathlessness
  • Liebestod
  • deathtrap
  • deathwatch
  • deathward
  • predeath
  • deathlessly
  • deathwish
  • deathsman
  • megadeath
  • deathy
  • deathmatch
  • deathscape
  • nondeath
  • antideath
  • deathwards
  • prodeath
  • deathbound
  • deathlock
  • deathtime
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