Where does “Hauptsturmführer” come from?

Hauptsturmführer (German) comes from German Haupt, from Middle High German höubet, from Old High German houbit, from Proto-Germanic haubudą, from Proto-Indo-European káput- — head.

Hauptsturmführer (German): a former military rank in the SS and SA in Nazi...

Definitions

  1. a former military rank in the SS and SA in Nazi...

Ancestry of “Hauptsturmführer”, step by step

Hauptsturmführer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Haupt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHaupthead; head; leader; chief; chief
2Middle High Germanhöubethead
3Old High Germanhoubithead
4Proto-Germanichaubudąhead
5Proto-Indo-Europeankáput-head

via German Sturmführer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSturmführer—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European káput- →Every word from Proto-Germanic haubudą →Every word from Old High German houbit →