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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Saxon | *gihōrsam | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *gahauʀisam | obedient |