Where does “Häuserblock” come from?
Häuserblock (German) comes from Middle English hauser, from German hausen, from Middle High German hūsen, from Old High German hūsōn, from Proto-Germanic hūsōną, from Proto-Germanic -ōną, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
Häuserblock (German): city block, residential block, urban block
Definitions
- city block, residential block, urban block
Ancestry of “Häuserblock”, step by step
Häuserblock traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English hauser
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | hauser | — |
| 2 | German | hausen | to dwell, to reside; to rage, to rampage |
| 3 | Middle High German | hūsen | — |
| 4 | Old High German | hūsōn | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hūsōną | to house |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |