Where does “Atemnot” come from?

Atemnot (German) comes from German Atem, from Middle High German ātem, from Old High German ādum, from Proto-Germanic ēþmaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁eh₁tmén-.

Atemnot (German): breathlessness; dyspnea

Definitions

  1. breathlessness; dyspnea

Ancestry of “Atemnot”, step by step

Atemnot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Atem

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAtembreath
2Middle High Germanātem—
3Old High Germanādum—
4Proto-Germanicēþmazbreath, breathing; spirit; breeze
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁eh₁tmén-—

via German nōt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germannōtneed, imminence
2Middle High Germannōt—
3Old High Germannōtcontrol (by violence), compulsion, coercion, extortion
4Proto-West Germanic*naudiforce, compulsion
5Proto-Germanicnaudizneed; trouble, distress; compulsion, force

Words derived from “Atemnot”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁eh₁tmén- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ēþmaz →Every word from Old High German ādum →