Where does “heranwachsen” come from?
heranwachsen (German) comes from German heran-, from German heran, from German hēr, from Old High German hera, from Proto-Germanic hē₂r, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt, from German kitt — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
heranwachsen (German): to grow up
Ancestry of “heranwachsen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | heran- | A prefix |
| 2 | German | heran | near, close to, over to |
| 3 | German | hēr | — |
| 4 | Old High German | hera | hither |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hē₂r | here, in this place |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 7 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 8 | German | kitt | — |
| 9 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
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