Where does “gutheißen” come from?
gutheißen (German) comes from German heißen, from Middle High German heiȥen, from Old High German heizen, from Proto-West Germanic haitijan, from Proto-Germanic haitijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
gutheißen (German): to approve
Definitions
- to approve
Ancestry of “gutheißen”, step by step
gutheißen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German heißen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | heißen | to have a name; to be named; to be called; to... |
| 2 | Middle High German | heiȥen | to be called, to call |
| 3 | Old High German | heizen | to heat |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | haitijan | to make hot, heat |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | haitijaną | to make hot, heat |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via German Gut
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Gut | commodity, property, possession, good; a large... |
| 2 | Middle High German | guot | good |
| 3 | Old High German | guot | good |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | gōd | good |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | gudą | invoked one; god, deity |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | gastiz | stranger, guest |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰóstis | stranger, host |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |