Where does “gihorsamigheit” come from?

gihorsamigheit (Old Dutch) comes from Old Dutch -heit, from Proto-West Germanic -haidu, from Proto-Germanic haiduz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kayt-.

gihorsamigheit (Old Dutch): obedience

Definitions

  1. obedience

Ancestry of “gihorsamigheit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutch-heitness, -ity, -hood; forms nouns from adjectives, denoting the abstract quality of the adjective
2Proto-West Germanic-haiduhood
3Proto-Germanichaiduzmanner, way; personality, character; appearance
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kayt-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kayt- →Every word from Proto-Germanic haiduz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic -haidu →