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Where does “daudijan” come from?

daudijan (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic daudijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

daudijan (Proto-West Germanic): to kill

Definitions

  1. to kill

Ancestry of “daudijan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicdaudijanąto make dead, kill
2Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
3Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
5Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “daudijan”

  • doder
  • spinnendoder
  • doden
  • dôden
  • doden
  • dōden
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