Etymograph

English

Heine

Heine comes from German Heinrich, and goes back to Old High German Heimrih.

  1. Old High Germanc. 750–1050Heimrih
  2. Germanc. 1650–presentHeinrich
  3. German, derivedc. 1650–presentHeine
  4. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old High Germanc. 750–1050Heimrih
  2. Germanc. 1650–presentHeinrich
  3. German, derivedc. 1650–presentHeine
  4. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

name A surname from German, notably of Heinrich Heine, a German poet.

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

Etymograph / Old High German Heimrih / Heine