rot away

to decompose; to decompose and fall away. The fallen trees rotted away and surrendered their nutrients to the soil. As the wood rotted away, it became rich humus.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Vinka	-	Croatian
Baako	-	Western African, Akan
Leontiy	-	Russian
Dietrich	DEET-rikh	German
Rudolf	ROO-dawlf (German), RUW-dawlf (Polish)	German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Slovene, Croatian, Russian, Arm
Ludoviko	loo-do-VEE-ko	Esperanto