Where does “Härtewert” come from?
Härtewert (German) comes from German Härte, from Middle High German herte, from Old High German hartī, from Proto-West Germanic hard(ī), from Proto-Germanic harduz, from Proto-Indo-European kert-, from Proto-Turkic *keŕ- — to travel, tour.
Härtewert (German): hardness
Definitions
- hardness
Ancestry of “Härtewert”, step by step
Härtewert traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Härte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Härte | hardness; toughness |
| 2 | Middle High German | herte | — |
| 3 | Old High German | hartī | hardness |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | hard(ī) | hard |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | harduz | hard; brave |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kert- | times; to weave, twist together; time |
| 7 | Proto-Turkic | *keŕ- | to travel, tour |
via German wert
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | wert | worth something, worthy of something; worthy of... |
| 2 | Middle High German | wert | worthy, valuable, noble |
| 3 | Old High German | werd | worth |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | werþaz | worthy, valuable |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |