Where does “Abspielgerät” come from?
Abspielgerät (German) comes from German abspielen, from German spielen, from Middle High German [[spiln, from Old High German spilōn, from Proto-West Germanic spilōn, from Proto-West Germanic -ōn, from Proto-Germanic -ōną, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti — he, she.
Abspielgerät (German): player, playback device
Definitions
- player, playback device
Ancestry of “Abspielgerät”, step by step
Abspielgerät traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German abspielen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | abspielen | to play (a tape, a movie, an audio or video file etc.); to replay |
| 2 | German | spielen | to play |
| 3 | Middle High German | [[spiln | — |
| 4 | Old High German | spilōn | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | spilōn | to play; to dance, move |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -ōn | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via German Gerät
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Gerät | device, tool, appliance, machine; equipment,... |
| 2 | Middle High German | geræte | equipment; consultation; equipment |
| 3 | Old High German | girāti | advice, consultation |
| 4 | Old High German | rāt | advice, council; advise |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | rād | advice, counsel |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | rēdaz | advice, counsel |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | Hréh₁dʰos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₁dʰ- | to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |