Where does “haut” come from?

haut (Hunsrik) comes from Old High German hūt, from Proto-West Germanic hūdi, from Proto-Germanic hūdiz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- — to cover, bedeck; cover.

haut (Hunsrik): skin; hide

Definitions

  1. skin; hide

Ancestry of “haut”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanhūthide
2Proto-West Germanichūdiskin
3Proto-Germanichūdizhide, skin
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hūdiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hūdi →