Where does “superlimit” come from?
superlimit (English) comes from English super, from English super-ego, from German Über-Ich, from German Ich, from Middle High German ich, from Old High German ih, from Proto-West Germanic ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek — I.
superlimit (English): A superstable limit
Definitions
- A superstable limit
Ancestry of “superlimit”, step by step
superlimit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English super
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | super | Of excellent quality, superfine; better than... |
| 2 | English | super-ego | Alternative spelling of superego |
| 3 | German | Über-Ich | superego |
| 4 | German | Ich | ego, the Ich; self, me, him, etc |
| 5 | Middle High German | ich | I |
| 6 | Old High German | ih | I |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | ik | I |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *ek | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |
via English limit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | limit | A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not... |
| 2 | Middle English | limit | — |
| 3 | Old French | limit | — |
| 4 | Latin | līmes | limit, border, path |
| 5 | Latin | līmus | sidelong, askew, askance, sideways |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂leyH- | to smear |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leyh₂- | to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,... |