English

Hebenstreit

Hebenstreit comes from German Hebenstreit.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of heben ‘to lift, raise’ + Streit ‘quarrel, argument’

Proto-Germanic *habjaną

Proto-West Germanic *habbjan ‘to have’

Old High German heffen ‘to raise’

Middle High German heben

German heben ‘to lift, raise’

Proto-Indo-European *strey- ‘to resist’

Proto-Indo-European *stréy-dʰe-ti

Proto-Germanic *strīdaną ‘to resist’

Proto-Germanic *strīdaz ‘battle, fight’

Proto-West Germanic *strīd

Old High German strīt ‘discord’

Middle High German strīt

German Streit ‘quarrel, argument’

Every English word from German Hebenstreit

name A surname from German.

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