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{{nm-header|dɔst}}
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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From Post-Gothic ''[[wikt:𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃#Gothic|*dáuþ]][[wikt:-𐌹𐌸𐌰#Gothic|ida]]''. This supplanted Gothic ''[[wikt:𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌿𐍃#Gothic|dáuþus]]'' due to syncope of unstressed short vowels and extended [[w:Thurneysen's law|Thurneysen's law]] rendering Gothic ''[[wikt:𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃#Gothic|dáuþs]]'' ("dead") homophonous with it.
From Post-Gothic ''[[wikt:𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃#Gothic|*dáuþ]][[wikt:-𐌹𐌸𐌰#Gothic|ida]]''. This supplanted Gothic ''[[wikt:𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌿𐍃#Gothic|dáuþus]]'' due to syncope of unstressed short vowels and extended [[w:Thurneysen's law|Thurneysen's law]] rendering Gothic ''[[wikt:𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃#Gothic|dáuþs]]'' ("dead") homophonous with it. A similar homophony also arose in Dutch [[wikt:dood#Dutch|dood]], but no compensatory replacement word was created there.
{{Nm-noun-f0h|dòst|death
{{Nm-noun-f0h|dòst|death
# deadness, the state of being dead}}
# deadness, the state of being dead}}
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