Where does “Bindehaut” come from?

Bindehaut (German) comes from German binden, from Middle High German binden, from Old High German bintan, from Proto-West Germanic bindan, from Proto-Germanic bindaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ- — to bind; bond.

Bindehaut (German): conjunctiva

Definitions

  1. conjunctiva

Ancestry of “Bindehaut”, step by step

Bindehaut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German binden

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbindento tie up; to fasten; to bind together; to knot;...
2Middle High Germanbindento bind
3Old High Germanbintanto bind
4Proto-West Germanicbindanto bind, to tie
5Proto-Germanicbindanąto bind, to tie
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰendʰ-to bind; bond

via German haut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanhautinflection of hauen: ## second-person plural...
2Middle High Germanhūt—
3Old High Germanhūthide
4Proto-West Germanichūdiskin
5Proto-Germanichūdizhide, skin
6Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover

Words derived from “Bindehaut”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic bindaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic bindan →