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Where does “hūt” come from?

hūt (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic hūdi, from Proto-Germanic hūdiz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- — to cover, bedeck; cover.

Ancestry of “hūt”, step by step

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

Words derived from “hūt”

  • Hautentzündung
  • Haut
  • Hautarzt
  • Darmschleimhaut
  • Bindehaut
  • Hautfett
  • Hautfarbe
  • Regenbogenhaut
  • Gänsehaut
  • Aalhaut
  • Schleimhaut
  • Hirnhautentzündung
  • Hirnhaut
  • Hautschutz
  • dunkelhäutig
  • hautfarben
  • Vorhäutchen
  • Vorhaut
  • Hautärztin
  • hauteng
  • hautverträglich
  • Hautausschlag
  • Häutchen
  • Hautkontakt
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