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Where does “verheiraten” come from?

verheiraten (German) comes from German heiraten, from Middle High German hīrāten, from Middle High German hīrāt, from Old High German hīrāt, from Proto-West Germanic hīwarād, from Proto-West Germanic rād, from Proto-Germanic rēdaz, from Proto-Indo-European Hréh₁dʰos — to fit, to fix, to put together.

verheiraten (German): to wed; to marry; to marry off; to find a spouse...

Definitions

  1. to wed; to marry; to marry off; to find a spouse...

Ancestry of “verheiraten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanheiratento marry; to get married; to marry someone; to...
2Middle High Germanhīrāten—
3Middle High Germanhīrātmarriage, wedding; marriage; wedding
4Old High Germanhīrātmarriage; wedding; marriage; marriage; wedding
5Proto-West Germanichīwarādfamily; marriage
6Proto-West Germanicrādadvice, counsel
7Proto-Germanicrēdazadvice, counsel
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanHréh₁dʰos—
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₁dʰ-to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together
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