Where does “Überschlagspannung” come from?
Überschlagspannung (German) comes from German Überschlag, from German überschlagen, from German schlagen, from Middle High German slahen, from Old High German slahan, from Proto-West Germanic slahan, from Proto-Germanic slahaną, from Proto-Indo-European slak- — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...
Überschlagspannung (German): flashover voltage chiefly if the insulator is a gas
Definitions
- flashover voltage chiefly if the insulator is a gas
Ancestry of “Überschlagspannung”, step by step
Überschlagspannung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Überschlag
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Überschlag | 360-degree rotation of the body at a bar or on the floor, handspring, somersault |
| 2 | German | überschlagen | to skip over, omit, leave out (especially in a book, story, account; less commonly also in other contexts) |
| 3 | German | schlagen | to beat; to hit; to knock; to strike; to punch;... |
| 4 | Middle High German | slahen | to strike |
| 5 | Old High German | slahan | to hit |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | slahan | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | slahaną | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | slak- | to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,... |