Where does “האַרץ” come from?

האַרץ (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German herze, from Old High German herza, from Proto-West Germanic hertā, from Proto-Germanic hertô, from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr — heart.

האַרץ (Yiddish): heart

Definitions

  1. heart

Ancestry of “האַרץ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanherzeheart
2Old High Germanherzaheart
3Proto-West Germanichertāheart
4Proto-Germanichertôheart
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱḗrheart

Words derived from “האַרץ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱḗr →Every word from Proto-Germanic hertô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hertā →