Where does “fieberhaft” come from?
fieberhaft (German) comes from German fieber, from Middle High German fieber, from Old High German fiebar, from Proto-Germanic *fēbr, from Latin febris, from Proto-Italic *feɣʷris, from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰris, from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- — to burn; warm, hot.
fieberhaft (German): feverish
Ancestry of “fieberhaft”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | fieber | inflection of fiebern:
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| 2 | Middle High German | fieber | — |
| 3 | Old High German | fiebar | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *fēbr | — |
| 5 | Latin | febris | fever |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *feɣʷris | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰegʷʰris | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰegʷʰ- | to burn; warm, hot |