Where does “hereinfallen” come from?
hereinfallen (German) comes from German herein, from German hēr, from Old High German hera, from Proto-Germanic hē₂r, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt, from German kitt, from Old High German kuti — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
hereinfallen (German): to fall for something/somebody
Definitions
- to fall for something/somebody
Ancestry of “hereinfallen”, step by step
hereinfallen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German herein
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | herein | in |
| 2 | German | hēr | hither, to this place, to here, to me/us |
| 3 | Old High German | hera | hither |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hē₂r | here, in this place |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 6 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 7 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 8 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via German fällen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | fällen | to cut down, to fell; to precipitate; to make |
| 2 | Middle High German | vellen | — |
| 3 | Old High German | fellen | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *fallijan | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fallijaną | to cause to fall, to fell |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fallaną | to fall |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pōl- | — |
| 8 | Slovincian | pól | half |
| 9 | Proto-Slavic | polъ | side, flank; half; member of a pair of options →... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pelH- | to split off, separate; to chop, to separate |