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Scharnhorst

Scharnhorst comes from Middle Low German Scharnhorst, from Proto-Germanic *skarną ‘filth, dung’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sekH- ‘to separate, cut off, distinguish’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sekH-‘to separate, cut off, distinguish’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sóḱr̥‘dung, excrement’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skarną‘filth, dung’reconstructed
  4. Old Saxonc. 800–1200*skarnreconstructed
  5. Middle Low Germanc. 1200–1600Scharnhorst
  6. Low Germanmodernsame form
  7. Germanc. 1650–presentsame form
  8. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sekH-‘to separate, cut off, distinguish’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sóḱr̥‘dung, excrement’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skarną‘filth, dung’reconstructed
  4. Old Saxonc. 800–1200*skarnreconstructed
  5. Middle Low Germanc. 1200–1600Scharnhorst
  6. Low Germanmodernsame form
  7. Germanc. 1650–presentsame form
  8. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *sóḱr̥ ‘dung, excrement’

scat, 8 more

Today it means

name Several locations in northern Germany.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sekH- / Scharnhorst

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