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Where does “härtbar” come from?

härtbar (German) comes from German hart, from Middle High German Hart, from Old High German hart, from Proto-West Germanic hard(ī), from Proto-Germanic harduz, from Proto-Indo-European kert-, from Proto-Turkic *keŕ-.

härtbar (German): hardenable; temperable

Definitions

  1. hardenable; temperable

Ancestry of “härtbar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanharthard; severe, harsh; sharply, roughly, severely
2Middle High GermanHarthill forest
3Old High Germanharthard
4Proto-West Germanichard(ī)hard
5Proto-Germanicharduzhard; brave
6Proto-Indo-Europeankert-times; to weave, twist together; time
7Proto-Turkic*keŕ-—

Words derived from “härtbar”

  • Härtbarkeit
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