Where does “Heiratsurkunde” come from?

Heiratsurkunde (German) comes from German Heirat, from Middle High German hīrāt, from Old High German hīrāt, from Proto-West Germanic hīwarād, from Proto-West Germanic rād, from Proto-Germanic rēdaz, from Proto-Indo-European Hréh₁dʰos, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₁dʰ- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

Heiratsurkunde (German): marriage certificate

Definitions

  1. marriage certificate

Ancestry of “Heiratsurkunde”, step by step

Heiratsurkunde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Heirat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHeiratmarrying; marriage; wedding
2Middle High Germanhīrātmarriage, wedding; marriage; wedding
3Old High Germanhīrātmarriage; wedding; marriage; marriage; wedding
4Proto-West Germanichīwarādfamily; marriage
5Proto-West Germanicrādadvice, counsel
6Proto-Germanicrēdazadvice, counsel
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanHréh₁dʰos
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₁dʰ-to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via German Urkunde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanUrkundedocument; certificate, legal instrument
2Old High Germanurkundī
3Old High Germanur-thoroughly
4Proto-West Germanicuʀ-out, over; off, away
5Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
6Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-
7Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
8Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₁dʰ-