Etymology

Hohenstaufen

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Today it means: A mediaeval (11th—14th centuries) German dynasty of Swabian origin, from which came numerous monarchs, including dukes of Swabia and emperors of the Holy Roman Empire. Full definition →

German Hohenstaufen ← Old High German stouf ← Proto-West Germanic *staupijan
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The story

  1. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*staupijan“to pour”
  2. Old High German · derived fromstouf“chalice”
  3. German · borrowed fromHohenstaufen
  4. English todayHohenstaufen

Borrowed from German Hohenstaufen, from hohen (“high”) + Staufen (from Staufer (“member of a Swabian dynasty”), from Old High German stouf (“chalice”), related to Proto-West Germanic *staupijan (“to pour”)), first used to distinguish a hill called Staufer in the Swabian Jura from the village of the same name in the valley below. (See Hohenstaufen § Name on Wikipedia.Wikipedia ).

Words from the same roots

Proto-West Germanic*staupijan all →

Stauffer

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