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
Ancestry of “entre-heurter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | heurter | to strike, hit; to clash, conflict with; to... |
| 2 | Middle French | heurter | to collide |
| 3 | Old French | hurter | to crash into; to clatter into |
| 4 | Frankish | hūrt | a battering ram; ram; battering ram |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hrūtaną | To snore; To fall, fly, move quickly |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hruttōną | to snore, roar |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | krut- | to snore, roar |