Where does “Windkessel” come from?
Windkessel (English) comes from German Windkessel, from German Kessel, from Middle High German keȥȥel, from Old High German keȥȥil, from Proto-West Germanic *katil, from Proto-Germanic katilaz, from Latin catīllus, from Latin -lus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
Windkessel (English): A model that accounts for the shape of the arterial blood pressure waveform in terms of the interaction between the stroke volume and the compliance of the aorta and large elastic arteries ("Windkessel" vessels) and the resistance of the smaller arteries and arterioles
Definitions
- A model that accounts for the shape of the arterial blood pressure waveform in terms of the interaction between the stroke volume and the compliance of the aorta and large elastic arteries ("Windkessel" vessels) and the resistance of the smaller arteries and arterioles
Ancestry of “Windkessel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Windkessel | air chamber |
| 2 | German | Kessel | a solid metal container or pot, often large, used... |
| 3 | Middle High German | keȥȥel | a kettle |
| 4 | Old High German | keȥȥil | kettle |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *katil | kettle |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | katilaz | kettle, bucket, vessel |
| 7 | Latin | catīllus | small bowl, dish, or plate |
| 8 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |