Where does “Haubitze” come from?

Haubitze (German) comes from Middle High German haufniz, from Czech houfnice, from Czech houf, from Old Czech [[húf]], [[hauf]], from Middle High German hūfe, from Proto-West Germanic hūbā, from Proto-Germanic hūbǭ, from Proto-Indo-European kēwp-.

Haubitze (German): howitzer

Definitions

  1. howitzer

Ancestry of “Haubitze”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanhaufniz—
2Czechhoufnicehowitzer
3Czechhoufflock, crowd
4Old Czech[[húf]], [[hauf]]—
5Middle High Germanhūfe—
6Proto-West Germanichūbāhood, cowl
7Proto-Germanichūbǭa covering for the head; hood; cowl
8Proto-Indo-Europeankēwp-—

Words derived from “Haubitze”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kēwp- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hūbǭ →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hūbā →