Where does “Geisterstunde” come from?
Geisterstunde (German) comes from German stunde, from Middle High German stunde, from Old High German stunta, from Proto-West Germanic *stundu, from Proto-Germanic stundō, from Proto-Indo-European stut-, from Proto-Indo-European stā-, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.
Geisterstunde (German): witching hour
Definitions
- witching hour
Ancestry of “Geisterstunde”, step by step
Geisterstunde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German stunde
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | stunde | inflection of stunden: ## first-person singular... |
| 2 | Middle High German | stunde | — |
| 3 | Old High German | stunta | time |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *stundu | period of time, hour |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | stundō | mark, marker; point in time; period of time |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | stut- | prop |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | stā- | to stand, place |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |