to be killed; to perish; to die a (usually) violent death
çekim: geçmiş kam um · ortaç umgekommen · şimdiki kommt um · ulaç umkommend
eş: sterben, verderben, vergammeln, verrotten
köken: From Middle High German umbekomen (“to pass by, end, die”). Analysable as um- + kommen. Cognate with Middle Dutch ommecomen (“to pass by, end, die”), whence modern Dutch omkomen. Compare also ums Leben kommen, and further umbringen, ums Leben bringen. Regarding the broader semantic use in both Middle High German and Middle Dutch, it is not certain that the short verbs are mere ellipses of the…
aile: umgekommen
to lose one's life (to die)
eş: trouver la mort
to perish
çekim: geçmiş kwamen om · ortaç omgekomen · şimdiki komt om · ulaç omkomend
eş: verongelukken
köken: From Middle Dutch ommecomen (“to pass by, end, die”). Equivalent to om + komen. Cognate with Middle High German umbekomen (“to pass by, end, die”), whence modern German umkommen. Compare the phrase om het leven komen, and further ombrengen, om het leven brengen. Regarding the broader semantic use in both Middle Dutch and Middle High German, it is not certain that the short verbs are mere ellipses…
to bite the dust, to die
köken: From heittää (“to throw away”) + veivinsä (“one's crank”). Possibly from the times before starter motors when the cars had to be started with cranks.
to lose one's life (to die, especially to be killed during involvement in an activity or in some other undertaking)
köken: élet (“life”) + -e (“his/her/its”, possessive suffix) + -t (accusative case suffix) + veszt (“to lose”) + -i (personal case suffix)
to lose one's life
çekim: geçmiş உயிரிழந்தேன் · ortaç உயிரிழந்த · şimdiki உயிரிழக்கிறார் · ulaç உயிரிழக்கிற
köken: உயிர் (uyir, “life”) + இழ (iḻa, “to lose”).