Where does “Gipfelhöhe” come from?

Gipfelhöhe (German) comes from German Höhe, from Middle High German hœhe, from Old High German hōhī — height.

Gipfelhöhe (German): height of a summit (mountain)

Definitions

  1. height of a summit (mountain)

Ancestry of “Gipfelhöhe”, step by step

Gipfelhöhe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Höhe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHöheheight
2Middle High Germanhœhe—
3Old High Germanhōhīheight

via German Gipfel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGipfelpeak, pinnacle; summit
Every word from Old High German hōhī →
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