Where does “horrend” come from?

horrend (German) comes from Latin horrendus, from Latin horreō, from Proto-Italic horzēō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti.

horrend (German): exorbitant, unreasonably high

Definitions

  1. exorbitant, unreasonably high

Ancestry of “horrend”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinhorrendushorrible, horrendous
2Latinhorreōto stand erect, stand on end
3Proto-Italichorzēō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰr̥séh₁(ye)ti →Every word from Proto-Italic horzēō →Every word from Latin horreō →