Where does “heurter” come from?
heurter (Norman) comes from Old French hurter, from Frankish hūrt, from Proto-Germanic hrūtaną, from Proto-Germanic hruttōną, from Proto-Indo-European krut- — to snore, roar.
heurter (Norman): to bump
Ancestry of “heurter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | hurter | to crash into; to clatter into |
| 2 | Frankish | hūrt | a battering ram; ram; battering ram |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | hrūtaną | To snore; To fall, fly, move quickly |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hruttōną | to snore, roar |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | krut- | to snore, roar |