Where does “behaaren” come from?
behaaren (German) comes from German haaren, from Dutch haar, from Middle Dutch hâer, from Old Dutch hiro, from Proto-Germanic hezōi, from Proto-Germanic *hiz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
behaaren (German): to grow hair
Definitions
- to grow hair
Ancestry of “behaaren”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | haaren | To moult; To lose one’s hair |
| 2 | Dutch | haar | Third-person singular, feminine object pronoun:... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | hâer | her |
| 4 | Old Dutch | hiro | genitive/dative of siu |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hezōi | dative singular feminine of *hiz |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *hiz | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 8 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 9 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 10 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |