Where does “Weiberheld” come from?

Weiberheld (German) comes from German Held, from Middle High German helt, from Old High German helid, from Proto-West Germanic haliþ, from Proto-Germanic haliþaz — hero.

Weiberheld (German): womanizer

Definitions

  1. womanizer

Ancestry of “Weiberheld”, step by step

Weiberheld traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Held

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHeldhero; protagonist
2Middle High Germanhelt—
3Old High Germanhelidhut
4Proto-West Germanichaliþhero
5Proto-Germanichaliþazhero

via German weib

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanweibwoman, broad
2Middle High Germanwīpwoman
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