Where does “Hirnhaut” come from?

Hirnhaut (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.

Hirnhaut (German): meninges

Definitions

  1. meninges

Ancestry of “Hirnhaut”, step by step

Hirnhaut 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 Hirn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHirnbrain
2Middle High Germanhirne—
3Old High Germanhirnibrain
4Proto-West Germanic*hirʀnībrain

Words derived from “Hirnhaut”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hūdiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hūdi →