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Where does “Haut” come from?

Haut (Luxembourgish) 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 (Luxembourgish): skin

Definitions

  1. skin

Ancestry of “Haut”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Haut”

  • Hautdokter
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- →