Where does “harz” come from?
harz (German) comes from Middle High German Hardt, from Old High German hart, from Proto-West Germanic hard(ī), from Proto-Germanic harduz, from Proto-Indo-European kert-, from Proto-Turkic *keŕ-.
Ancestry of “harz”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | Hardt | — |
| 2 | Old High German | hart | hard |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | hard(ī) | hard |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | harduz | hard; brave |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kert- | times; to weave, twist together; time |
| 6 | Proto-Turkic | *keŕ- | — |