English word do comes from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-, and later Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁t (To do. To put, to place.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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*dʰeh₁- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
*dʰéh₁t | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | To do. To put, to place. |
*dʰédʰeh₁ti | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | To be doing. To be putting, placing. |
*dōną | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | To do, make. To put, place. |
*dōnaz | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | |
don | Old English (ang) | To do. To make, cause. |
ġedōn | Old English (ang) | |
ȝedon | Middle English (enm) | |
do | English (en) | (archaic) ado; bustle; stir; to-do; A period of confusion or argument.. (colloquial) A party, celebration, social function.. (obsolete) A deed; an act.. (obsolete, UK, slang) A cheat; a swindler.. (informal) A hairdo.. Something that can or should be done (usually in the phrase dos and don'ts). (UK, dated, intransitive) To work as a domestic servant (with for).. (archaic, dialectal, [...] |