Where does “Hoabreet” come from?

Hoabreet (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Hoa, from Middle Low German hâr, from Old Saxon hār, from Proto-West Germanic *hār, from Proto-Germanic hērą, from Proto-Indo-European keres- — rough hair, bristle.

Hoabreet (Plautdietsch): hairbreadth

Definitions

  1. hairbreadth

Ancestry of “Hoabreet”, step by step

Hoabreet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Hoa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschHoahair
2Middle Low Germanhâr—
3Old Saxonhār—
4Proto-West Germanic*hārhair
5Proto-Germanichērąhair
6Proto-Indo-Europeankeres-rough hair, bristle

via Plautdietsch breet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Plautdietschbreetbroad
2Middle Low German*brêd—
3Old Saxonbredbroad, wide
4Proto-West Germanicbraidbroad, wide
5Proto-Germanicbraidazbroad, wide
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keres- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hērą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *hār →