Where does “Hauptzutat” come from?

Hauptzutat (German) comes from German Zutat, from German zutun, from German tūn, from Middle High German tuon, from Old High German tuon, from Proto-West Germanic dōn, from Proto-Germanic dōną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéh₁t — to do, put, place.

Hauptzutat (German): main ingredient

Definitions

  1. main ingredient

Ancestry of “Hauptzutat”, step by step

Hauptzutat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Zutat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZutatingredient (one of the parts of a whole)
2Germanzutunto close
3Germantūn—
4Middle High Germantuonto do
5Old High Germantuonto do; to make
6Proto-West Germanicdōnto do; to put, to place
7Proto-Germanicdōnąto do, make; to put, place
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéh₁tto put, to place; to do
9Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via German Haupt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHaupthead; head; leader; chief; chief
2Middle High Germanhöubethead
3Old High Germanhoubithead
4Proto-Germanichaubudąhead
5Proto-Indo-Europeankáput-head
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰéh₁t →Every word from Proto-Germanic dōną →