Where does “Atemhilfsmuskulatur” come from?

Atemhilfsmuskulatur (German) comes from German Hilfe, from Middle High German hilfe, from Old High German hilfa, from Proto-Germanic hilpiz, from Proto-Germanic helpaną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱelb- — help.

Atemhilfsmuskulatur (German): accessory muscles of respiration

Definitions

  1. accessory muscles of respiration

Ancestry of “Atemhilfsmuskulatur”, step by step

Atemhilfsmuskulatur traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via German Hilfe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHilfehelp
2Middle High Germanhilfe
3Old High Germanhilfa
4Proto-Germanichilpizhelp
5Proto-Germanichelpanąto help
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelb-help

via German Muskulatur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMuskulaturmusculature; muscles
2Latinmūsculusa small mouse
3Ancient Greekμῦςmouse; A type of mussel; A type of whale
4Proto-Hellenic*mū́s
5Proto-Indo-IranianmúHsmouse
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmúh₂smouse

via German Atem

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAtembreath
2Middle High Germanātem
3Old High Germanādum
4Proto-Germanicēþmazbreath, breathing; spirit; breeze
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁eh₁tmén-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱelb-
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