Where does “Überdruck” come from?
Überdruck (German) comes from German Druck, from German drücken, from Middle High German drücken, from Old High German drucchen, from Proto-West Germanic þrukkijan, from Proto-Germanic þrukkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine — boundary, end.
Überdruck (German): overpressure
Definitions
- overpressure
Ancestry of “Überdruck”, step by step
Überdruck traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Druck
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Druck | pressure; print |
| 2 | German | drücken | to press; to push; to squeeze; to hug; to shirk;... |
| 3 | Middle High German | drücken | — |
| 4 | Old High German | drucchen | to press |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | þrukkijan | to press |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | þrukkijaną | to press on; to crowd |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 8 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 9 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |
via German über
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | über | above, over; about, concerning, over, at; via,... |
| 2 | Old High German | ubari | over |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | ubiri | over; over, above |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | upéri | alternative reconstruction of *upér |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |