Where does “scharte” come from?

scharte (German) comes from Middle High German scharte, from Old High German scart, from Proto-Germanic skardaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

scharte (German): notch, cut, cleft

Definitions

  1. notch, cut, cleft

Ancestry of “scharte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanscharte—
2Old High Germanscart—
3Proto-Germanicskardazcut up, damaged
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
5Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

Words derived from “scharte”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skardaz →