Where does “Hautschnitt” come from?

Hautschnitt (German) comes from German haut, from Middle High German hūt, from Old High German hūt, from Proto-West Germanic hūdi, from Proto-Germanic hūdiz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- — to cover, bedeck; cover.

Hautschnitt (German): skin incision

Definitions

  1. skin incision

Ancestry of “Hautschnitt”, step by step

Hautschnitt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German haut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanhautinflection of hauen: ## second-person plural...
2Middle High Germanhūt—
3Old High Germanhūthide
4Proto-West Germanichūdiskin
5Proto-Germanichūdizhide, skin
6Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover

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
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