Where does “Brustbehaarung” come from?
Brustbehaarung (German) comes from German Behaarung, from German behaaren, from German haaren, from Dutch haar, from Middle Dutch hâer, from Old Dutch hiro, from Proto-Germanic hezōi, from Proto-Germanic *hiz — resin, gum; to say, speak.
Brustbehaarung (German): chest hair
Definitions
- chest hair
Ancestry of “Brustbehaarung”, step by step
Brustbehaarung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Behaarung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Behaarung | hair |
| 2 | German | behaaren | to grow hair |
| 3 | German | haaren | To moult; To lose one’s hair |
| 4 | Dutch | haar | Third-person singular, feminine object pronoun:... |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | hâer | her |
| 6 | Old Dutch | hiro | genitive/dative of siu |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hezōi | dative singular feminine of *hiz |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *hiz | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |