Where does “Gänsehautmoment” come from?
Gänsehautmoment (German) comes from German Gänsehaut, 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.
Gänsehautmoment (German): thrill, goosebump moment, magic moment
Definitions
- thrill, goosebump moment, magic moment
Ancestry of “Gänsehautmoment”, step by step
Gänsehautmoment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Gänsehaut
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Gänsehaut | goose pimples, goose bumps, goose flesh |
| 2 | German | haut | inflection of hauen: ## second-person plural... |
| 3 | Middle High German | hūt | — |
| 4 | Old High German | hūt | hide |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | hūdi | skin |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hūdiz | hide, skin |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kewH- | to cover, bedeck; cover |
via German Moment
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Moment | moment; momentum |
| 2 | Latin | mōmentum | movement, motion, impulse; course |
| 3 | Latin | mōvimentum | movement |
| 4 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 5 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |