Where does “Schuhgröße” come from?

Schuhgröße (German) comes from German Schuh, from Middle High German schuo, from Old High German scuoh, from Proto-West Germanic skōh, from Proto-Germanic skōhaz, from Proto-Indo-European skewk-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kew- — to caw, to howl; to cover, hide; to cover, hide,...

Schuhgröße (German): shoe size

Definitions

  1. shoe size

Ancestry of “Schuhgröße”, step by step

Schuhgröße traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Schuh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchuhshoe
2Middle High Germanschuo—
3Old High Germanscuohshoe
4Proto-West Germanicskōhshoe
5Proto-Germanicskōhazshoe
6Proto-Indo-Europeanskewk-—
7Proto-Indo-European(s)kew-to caw, to howl; to cover, hide; to cover, hide,...

via German Größe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGrößesize; greatness; quantity
2Middle High Germangrœze—
3Old High Germangrōzīsize
4Proto-Germanicgrautį̄greatness; largeness; size
5Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
6Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
7Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European skewk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skōhaz →