Where does “Alufelge” come from?

Alufelge (German) comes from German aluminium, from English aluminium, from Latin alūmen, from English -ium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

Alufelge (German): aluminium rim

Definitions

  1. aluminium rim

Ancestry of “Alufelge”, step by step

Alufelge traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German aluminium

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanaluminiumaluminium (atomic number 13)
2EnglishaluminiumA light, silvery metal extracted from bauxite,...
3Latinalūmenalum
4English-ium1997, Bryan Pfaffenberger, "Official Microsoft...
5Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
6Proto-Italic*-om
7Proto-Indo-European*-oHom

via German Felge

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFelgefelly, rim
2Middle High Germanvelge
3Old High Germanfelgafelly, harrow
4Proto-Germanicfelgōfelly, outer rim of a wheel
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥ǵʰ-

Words derived from “Alufelge

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHomEvery word from English -iumEvery word from Latin alūmen
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