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Where does “ungehorsam” come from?

ungehorsam (German) comes from German gehōrsam, from Middle High German gehōrsam, from Old High German gihōrsam, from Proto-West Germanic *gahauʀisam.

ungehorsam (German): disobedient

Definitions

  1. disobedient

Ancestry of “ungehorsam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangehōrsam—
2Middle High Germangehōrsam—
3Old High Germangihōrsam—
4Proto-West Germanic*gahauʀisam—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *gahauʀisam →