Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, non-living state. · Execution (in the judicial sense). · The personification of death as a (usually male) hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper. · The collapse or end of something.
From Middle English deth, deeth, from Old English dēaþ, from Proto-West Germanic *dauþu, from Proto-Germanic *dauþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰówtus. More at die. Cognates Cognate with Scots daeth, daith, death, deeth, deith (“death”), North Frisian Duar, duas, düüs (“death”), Saterland Frisian Dood (“death”), West Frisian dea (“death”), Dutch dood (“death”), German Tod, Todt (“death”), Limburgish doead (“death”), Luxembourgish Doud (“death”), Yiddish טויט (toyt, “death”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål død (“death”), Faroese deyði (“death”), Icelandic dauði (“death”), Norwegian Nynorsk daude, død (“death”), Swedish död (“death”), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌿𐍃 (dauþus, “death”).
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- Root classification mention*dʰew-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentiondethenm
- Inherited-form mentiondēaþang
- Inherited-form mention*dauþugmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*dauþuzgem-pro
- Inherited-form mention*dʰówtusine-pro
- Cognate mentiondaethsco
- Cognate mentionDuarfrr
- Cognate mentionDoodstq · death
- Cognate mentiondeafy · death
- Cognate mentiondoodnl · death
- Cognate mentionTodde
- Cognate mentiondoeadli · death
- Cognate mentionDoudlb · death
- Cognate mentionטויטyi · death
- Cognate mentiondeyðifo · death
- Cognate mentiondauðiis · death
- Cognate mentiondaudenn
- Cognate mentiondödsv · death
- Cognate mention𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌿𐍃got · death
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