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Where does “frühmittelhochdeutsch” come from?

frühmittelhochdeutsch (German) comes from German Mittelhochdeutsch, from German hochdeutsch, from German Deutsch, from Old High German diutsch, from Old High German diutisc, from Proto-West Germanic þiudisk, from Proto-Germanic þiudiskaz, from Proto-Germanic þeudō — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

frühmittelhochdeutsch (German): Early Middle High German

Definitions

  1. Early Middle High German

Ancestry of “frühmittelhochdeutsch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMittelhochdeutsch—
2GermanhochdeutschHigh German
3GermanDeutschGerman
4Old High Germandiutsch—
5Old High GermandiutiscAlternative form of diutisk; popular, vernacular;...
6Proto-West Germanicþiudiskof the people, popular, vernacular
7Proto-Germanicþiudiskazof the people, popular; of the tribe
8Proto-Germanicþeudōpeople, tribe
9Proto-Indo-Europeantewtéh₂people, tribe
10Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong
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