Where does “Fluchtverhalten” come from?

Fluchtverhalten (German) comes from German verhalten, from German halten, from English halt, from Middle English halt, from Old English healt, from Proto-West Germanic halt, from Proto-Germanic haltaz, from Proto-Indo-European kol-d- — to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet.

Fluchtverhalten (German): flight response

Definitions

  1. flight response

Ancestry of “Fluchtverhalten”, step by step

Fluchtverhalten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German verhalten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanverhaltenrestrained; to behave; to be
2Germanhaltento hold; to stop; to halt; to hold back; to...
3EnglishhaltTo limp; move with a limping gait; To stand in...
4Middle EnglishhaltLimping, lame, crippled
5Old Englishhealtlame, limping
6Proto-West Germanichaltlame, halt
7Proto-Germanichaltazlame, halt
8Proto-Indo-Europeankol-d-
9Proto-Indo-Europeankel-to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet

via German Flucht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFluchtescape, flight; line, alignment; suite, line of...
2Middle Low Germanvlucht
3Proto-West Germanic*fluhtīact of flying, flight
4Proto-Germanic*fluhtiją
5Proto-Germanicflehtanąto plait, to weave
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpleḱ-to fold, plait, weave
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kel-
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