Meaning
Subject to death; mortal.
Etymology
Origin: Old English
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰew-der. Proto-Germanic *dawjaną Proto-Germanic *daudaz Proto-West Germanic *daud Old English dēad Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Old English dēadlīċ Middle English dedly English deadly From Middle English dedly, dedlych, dedlich, from Old English dēadlīċ (adjective), from Proto-West Germanic *dauþalīk, from Proto-Germanic *dauþalīkaz (“deadly”, literally “deathly”). By surface analysis, dead + -ly. Cognate with Saterland Frisian dodelk (“deadly”), West Frisian deadlik (“deadly”), Dutch dodelijk (“deadly”), German tödlich (“deadly”), Swedish dödlig (“deadly, fatal, mortal”), Icelandic dauðlegur (“mortal”). The adverb is from Middle English dedliche, from Old English dēadlīċe (adverb), from the adjective.
Synonyms & Antonyms
NYT Puzzle Appearances
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