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Where does “gehōrsam” come from?

gehōrsam (German) comes from Middle High German gehōrsam, from Old High German gihōrsam, from Proto-West Germanic *gahauʀisam.

Ancestry of “gehōrsam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germangehōrsam—
2Old High Germangihōrsam—
3Proto-West Germanic*gahauʀisam—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *gahauʀisam →