Where does “Gänsehaut” come from?

Gänsehaut (German) comes from German haut, from Middle High German hūt, from Old High German hūt, from Proto-West Germanic hūdi, from Proto-Germanic hūdiz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- — to cover, bedeck; cover.

Gänsehaut (German): goose pimples, goose bumps, goose flesh

Definitions

  1. goose pimples, goose bumps, goose flesh

Ancestry of “Gänsehaut”, step by step

Gänsehaut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via German gans

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangansgoose
2Middle High Germangansgoose
3Old High Germangansgoose
4Proto-West Germanicgansgoose
5Proto-Germanicgansgoose
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰans-—

Words derived from “Gänsehaut”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hūdiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hūdi →