Where does “Heroinsucht” come from?

Heroinsucht (German) comes from German Heroin, from Latin hērōina, from Ancient Greek ἡρωΐνη, from Ancient Greek ἥρως, from Proto-Indo-European sēr-, from Proto-Indo-European ser- — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.

Heroinsucht (German): heroin addiction

Definitions

  1. heroin addiction

Ancestry of “Heroinsucht”, step by step

Heroinsucht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Heroin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHeroinheroin
2Latinhērōinaheroine
3Ancient GreekἡρωΐνηAlternative spelling of ἡρωίνη
4Ancient Greekἥρωςa hero of the Trojan War: any of the major...
5Proto-Indo-Europeansēr-to flow
6Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together

via German Sücht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSüchtaddiction
2Middle High Germansuht—
3Old High Germansuht—
4Proto-Germanicsuhtizsickness
5Proto-Germanic-þizForms abstract nouns from verb roots, usually...
6Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sēr- →Every word from Ancient Greek ἥρως →