Where does “Héngerhaut” come from?

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

Héngerhaut (Luxembourgish): goose bumps, goose flesh, horripilation

Definitions

  1. goose bumps, goose flesh, horripilation

Ancestry of “Héngerhaut”, step by step

Héngerhaut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Luxembourgish Haut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishHautskin
2Old High Germanhūthide
3Proto-West Germanichūdiskin
4Proto-Germanichūdizhide, skin
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover

via Luxembourgish Hénger

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishHéngerplural of Hong; chickens; hens
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH-Every word from Proto-Germanic hūdizEvery word from Proto-West Germanic hūdi
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