Where does “Weihe” come from?

Weihe (German) comes from Old High German wīo, from Proto-Germanic wīwô, from Indo-European *weyh₁-.

Weihe (German): consecration, any act or procession of making a...

Definitions

  1. consecration, any act or procession of making a...

Ancestry of “Weihe”, step by step

Weihe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old High German wīo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanwīokite bird of prey
2Proto-Germanicwīwôbird of prey
3Indo-European*weyh₁-—

via Middle High German wīhe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanwīhe—
2Old High Germanwīhīconsecration

Words derived from “Weihe”

Every word from Indo-European *weyh₁- →