Where does “Härchen” come from?
Härchen (German) comes from Luxembourgish Hoer, from Middle High German hār, from Old High German hier, from Proto-West Germanic *hēr, from Proto-Germanic hē₂r, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt, from German kitt — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
Härchen (German): Diminutive of Haar
Definitions
- Diminutive of Haar
Ancestry of “Härchen”, step by step
Härchen traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Luxembourgish Hoer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxembourgish | Hoer | hair |
| 2 | Middle High German | hār | — |
| 3 | Old High German | hier | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *hēr | here |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hē₂r | here, in this place |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 7 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 8 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 9 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Luxembourgish Har
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxembourgish | Har | horn |
| 2 | Old High German | horn | horn |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | horn | horn |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hurną | horn |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via German haar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | haar | singular imperative of haaren; first-person... |