Where does “Achtelfinale” come from?

Achtelfinale (German) comes from German Achtel, from German Teil, from Middle High German teil, from Old High German teil, from Proto-West Germanic daili, from Proto-Germanic dailiz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl- — part, watershed.

Achtelfinale (German): last 16 or eighth final

Definitions

  1. last 16 or eighth final

Ancestry of “Achtelfinale”, step by step

Achtelfinale traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Achtel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAchtelan eighth
2GermanTeilpart, piece; fraction of a whole; thing
3Middle High Germanteil—
4Old High Germanteil—
5Proto-West Germanicdailipart
6Proto-Germanicdailizpart, portion, deal
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰayl-part, watershed

via German Finale

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFinalefinal; finale
2Italianfinalefinal, ending; end, ending, conclusion; finale
3LatinfīnālisOf or pertaining to boundaries
4Latin-ālis—
5Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl- →