Where does “hadu-” come from?

hadu- (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic *haþu, from Proto-Germanic haþuz, from Proto-Indo-European kéh₃tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

hadu- (Old High German): war, battle: used to form names

Definitions

  1. war, battle: used to form names

Ancestry of “hadu-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*haþubattle, fight
2Proto-Germanichaþuzbattle, fight
3Proto-Indo-Europeankéh₃tusfight
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “hadu-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kéh₃tus →Every word from Proto-Germanic haþuz →