Where does “Aufteilung” come from?

Aufteilung (German) comes from German aufteilen, from German auf-, from German auf, from Middle High German ūf, from Old High German ūf, from Proto-Germanic upp, from Proto-Germanic ub, from Proto-Indo-European upó.

Aufteilung (German): division, partition, fragmentation

Definitions

  1. division, partition, fragmentation

Ancestry of “Aufteilung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanaufteilento divide, to divide up; to carve up
2Germanauf-A separable prefix; similar to English up up-;...
3Germanaufon, upon; on, onto, up; on
4Middle High Germanūfon, upon
5Old High Germanūfup
6Proto-Germanicuppup, upwards
7Proto-Germanicubunder
8Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-

Words derived from “Aufteilung

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-Every word from Proto-Indo-European upóEvery word from Proto-Germanic ub