Where does “gehør” come from?

gehør (Danish) comes from German Gehör, from Middle High German gehœre, from Old High German gihōra.

gehør (Danish): ear; hearing

Definitions

  1. ear; hearing

Ancestry of “gehør”, step by step

gehør traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Gehör

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGehörhearing; attention; being heard; being listened...
2Middle High Germangehœre—
3Old High Germangihōra—

via Middle Low German gehor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germangehor—
Every word from Old High German gihōra →Every word from Middle High German gehœre →Every word from German Gehör →