Etymograph

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Hauer

Hauer comes from German Hauer ‘hewer, miner’, from hauen ‘to thrust, slash’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kewh₂- ‘to beat, hew, forge’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kewh₂-‘to beat, hew, forge’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hawwaną‘to hew, to chop’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hauwan‘to hew, to chop’reconstructed
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350houwen
  5. Germanc. 1650–presenthauen‘to thrust, slash’
  6. German, derivedc. 1650–presentHauer‘hewer, miner’
  7. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kewh₂-‘to beat, hew, forge’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hawwaną‘to hew, to chop’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hauwan‘to hew, to chop’reconstructed
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350houwen
  5. Germanc. 1650–presenthauen‘to thrust, slash’
  6. German, derivedc. 1650–presentHauer‘hewer, miner’
  7. Englishtodaysame form

The story

Occupational surname borrowed from German Hauer (‘hewer, miner’).

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *kewh₂- ‘to beat, hew, forge’

code, coward, 6 more

through Proto-Germanic *hawwaną ‘to hew, to chop’

hog, hay, hoe, hoy, hew, hag, haggis, 2 more

Today it means

name A surname from German.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kewh₂- / Hauer

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