deadboren

Old English

Etymology

Could date back to Proto-West Germanic *daudaburan. Cognate with Dutch doodgeboren and German totgeboren, though because they have -ge- the correspondence isn't exact. Equivalent to dēad (dead) + boren (born).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdæ͜ɑːdˌbo.ren/

Adjective

dēadboren

  1. stillborn

Declension

Descendants

  • English: deadborn
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