Where does “hecheln” come from?

hecheln (German) comes from Middle High German hecheln, from Middle High German hechel.

hecheln (German): to pant or breathe fast and loudly through one’s...

Definitions

  1. to pant or breathe fast and loudly through one’s...

Ancestry of “hecheln”, step by step

hecheln traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German hecheln

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanhecheln—
2Middle High Germanhechel—

via German hechen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanhechen—

Words derived from “hecheln”

Every word from Middle High German hechel →Every word from Middle High German hecheln →