Where does “gehôrsam” come from?

gehôrsam (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon *gihōrsam, from Proto-West Germanic *gahauʀisam — obedient.

Ancestry of “gehôrsam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxon*gihōrsam
2Proto-West Germanic*gahauʀisamobedient

Words derived from “gehôrsam

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *gahauʀisamEvery word from Old Saxon *gihōrsam
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