deadboren

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Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈdæ͜ɑːdˌbo.ren/

Adjective[edit]

dēadboren

  1. stillborn

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • English: deadborn