Where does “Hexenverfolgung” come from?
Hexenverfolgung (German) comes from German Verfolgung, from German verfolgen, from German folgēn, from Middle High German volgen, from Old High German folgēn, from Proto-West Germanic folgēn, from Proto-Germanic fulgāną, from Proto-Germanic fullaz — to fill.
Hexenverfolgung (German): witch-hunt
Definitions
- witch-hunt
Ancestry of “Hexenverfolgung”, step by step
Hexenverfolgung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Verfolgung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Verfolgung | persecution; pursuit, pursuance; tracking,... |
| 2 | German | verfolgen | to pursue; to persecute; to trace |
| 3 | German | folgēn | to follow on the same path or in a sequence |
| 4 | Middle High German | volgen | — |
| 5 | Old High German | folgēn | to follow |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | folgēn | to follow |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fulgāną | to follow |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | fullaz | full; the whole, the entire |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |
via German hexe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | hexe | inflection of hexen: ## first-person singular... |
| 2 | Middle High German | hecse | — |
| 3 | Old High German | hagazussa | witch |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hagatusjō | witch |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hagaz | abled, capable; suitable, comfortable |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱak- | branch, pole; branch, stick; to be able, help |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kek- / ḱek- / kekʰ- / ḱekʰ- | — |