Where does “heck-care” come from?
heck-care (English) comes from English Heck, from English Hell, from German hellen, from Middle High German hëllen, from Old High German hëllan, from Proto-Germanic hellaną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.
heck-care (English): Having a dismissively indifferent attitude;...
Definitions
- Having a dismissively indifferent attitude;...
Ancestry of “heck-care”, step by step
heck-care traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Heck
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Heck | A hardy breed of domestic cattle, the result of an attempt to breed back the extinct aurochs from modern aurochs-derived cattle in the 1920s and 1930s |
| 2 | English | Hell | Any of various places so named |
| 3 | German | hellen | to brighten |
| 4 | Middle High German | hëllen | to sound, to resound, to ring out; to echo |
| 5 | Old High German | hëllan | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hellaną | to resound, make a sound |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₁- | to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot |
via English care
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | care | Grief, sorrow; Close attention; concern;... |
| 2 | Middle English | care | grief; sorrow |
| 3 | Old English | caru | worry, anxiety, care; sorrow, grief |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | karu | care, worry |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | karō | complaint, lament, grievance, moan; worry,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵeh₂r- | to shout, cry; exclamation; voice; to call, cry |