Where does “Haarschnitt” come from?

Haarschnitt (German) comes from German schnitt, from Middle High German snit, from Old High German snit, from Proto-West Germanic *snid, from Proto-Germanic *snidaz — a cut, slice, piece.

Haarschnitt (German): haircut

Definitions

  1. haircut

Ancestry of “Haarschnitt”, step by step

Haarschnitt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German schnitt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschnittfirst/third-person singular preterite of...
2Middle High Germansnit—
3Old High Germansnit—
4Proto-West Germanic*snid—
5Proto-Germanic*snidaza cut, slice, piece

via German haar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanhaarsingular imperative of haaren; first-person...
2Old High Germanhārhair
3Proto-West Germanic*hārhair
4Proto-Germanichērąhair
5Proto-Indo-Europeankeres-rough hair, bristle
Every word from Proto-Germanic *snidaz →