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Where does “entre-heurter” come from?

entre-heurter (French) comes from French heurter, from Middle French heurter, from Old French hurter, from Frankish hūrt, from Proto-Germanic hrūtaną, from Proto-Germanic hruttōną, from Proto-Indo-European krut- — to snore, roar.

entre-heurter (French): to hit one another

Definitions

  1. to hit one another

Ancestry of “entre-heurter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchheurterto strike, hit; to clash, conflict with; to...
2Middle Frenchheurterto collide
3Old Frenchhurterto crash into; to clatter into
4Frankishhūrta battering ram; ram; battering ram
5Proto-GermanichrūtanąTo snore; To fall, fly, move quickly
6Proto-Germanichruttōnąto snore, roar
7Proto-Indo-Europeankrut-to snore, roar
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