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Where does “hart” come from?

hart (German) comes 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-.

hart (German): hard; severe, harsh; sharply, roughly, severely

Definitions

  1. hard; severe, harsh; sharply, roughly, severely

Ancestry of “hart”, step by step

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

Words derived from “hart”

  • winterhart
  • hartversilbert
  • Hartholz
  • hartgesotten
  • härtbar
  • Hartkäse
  • diamanthart
  • hammerhart
  • aushärten
  • erhärten
  • härten
  • Hartlot
  • Härtbarkeit
  • knallhart
  • steinhart
  • ultrahart
  • Hartlöten
  • Hartmetall
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