Where does “überhitzen” come from?

überhitzen (German) comes from German hitze, from Middle High German hitze, from Old High German hizza, from Proto-Germanic hitjō — heat.

überhitzen (German): to overheat

Definitions

  1. to overheat

Ancestry of “überhitzen”, step by step

überhitzen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German hitze

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanhitzeheat
2Middle High Germanhitze—
3Old High Germanhizza—
4Proto-Germanichitjōheat

via Middle High German überhitzen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanüberhitzen—

Words derived from “überhitzen”

Every word from Proto-Germanic hitjō →Every word from Old High German hizza →Every word from Middle High German hitze →