English words from Middle High German
5 English words with Middle High German in their history, whether borrowed directly or passed on through other languages.
cobalt
It is borrowed from German Kobalt, a variant of Kobold “goblin”, from Middle High German kobolt (“household goblin”), perhaps from kobe “hut, shed” and *holt “goblin”, from hold “gracious…
horst
It is borrowed from German Horst (“heap, mass, cluster; thicket”), to which E. Suess gave its geological sense in 1883, in “Antlitz der Erde”. The German word is from Middle High German hurst…
Huguenot
It is borrowed from Middle French huguenot, probably an alteration of Genevan dialect eiguenot, from Swiss German Eidgenoss “confederate”, from Middle High German eitgenōz, from Middle High German…
mensch
It is borrowed from Yiddish מענטש (mentsh, “person, human being”), from Middle High German mensch (“person”), also mensche, from Old High German mennisco (“human being”), from Proto-Germanic…
mulberry
It is inherited from Middle English mulberie, a dissimilated form of murberie, partly inherited from Old English mōrberie and partly borrowed from Middle High German mūlberi, an alteration of Old…