Where does “Heißzeit” come from?

Heißzeit (German) comes from German heiß, from German Sporn, from Middle High German spore, from Old High German sporo, from Proto-Germanic *sporō, from Proto-Germanic spurô, from Proto-Indo-European sper- — to fidget, twitch; to push; to be quick; to...

Heißzeit (German): "hot age" period of unusually hot temperatures

Definitions

  1. "hot age" period of unusually hot temperatures

Ancestry of “Heißzeit”, step by step

Heißzeit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German heiß

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanheißhot; hot; horny
2GermanSpornspur
3Middle High Germanspore—
4Old High Germansporospur
5Proto-Germanic*sporō—
6Proto-Germanicspurôspur
7Proto-Indo-Europeansper-to fidget, twitch; to push; to be quick; to...

via German Eiszeit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanEiszeitice age
2GermanZeittime; time of day; period, era
3Middle High Germanzīttime
4Old High Germanzīttime
5Proto-Indo-Europeandéh₂itisinterval, period of time
6Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₂y-to share, divide
7Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₂-to share, divide
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sper- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spurô →Every word from Proto-Germanic *sporō →