myEtymology.com: English etymology of stillbirth

Etymology of the English word stillbirth

the English word stillbirth

derived from the English word birth

derived from the Old Norse word byrth

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bher-

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *gaburthis

derived from the English word still

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *stel-

Word found in Modern English