deyen
Middle English
/ˈdiːən/
verb
Definitions
- to die cease to be alive
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Norse deyja (die) inherited from Old English dīeġan derived from Proto-Germanic *dawjaną (die).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*dawjaną
Gloss
die
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- counterdie English
- death English
- die English
- dieback English
- diecast English
- dieless English
- diemaker English
- dier English
- diesinker English
- diesinking English
- diest English
- diestock English
- dieth English
- diework English
- dying English
- redie English
- *dʰew- Proto-Indo-European
- dø Norwegian Bokmål
- *daudaz Proto-Germanic
- *dawjaną Proto-Germanic
- døy Norwegian Nynorsk
- dīeġan Old English
- dīġan Old English
- deyja Old Norse
- dø Danish
- deyja Icelandic
- doyggja Faroese
- *douwen Old Dutch
- doian Old Saxon
- døia Old Swedish
- dø̄ia, døia Old Swedish
- dai Tok Pisin
- dae Pijin