Where does “Augenbelastung” come from?
Augenbelastung (German) comes from German Belastung, from German belasten, from German last, from Middle High German last, from Old High German hlast, from Proto-Germanic hlastuz, from Proto-Indo-European kleh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European kelh₂- — to beat; to break.
Augenbelastung (German): eye strain
Definitions
- eye strain
Ancestry of “Augenbelastung”, step by step
Augenbelastung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Belastung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Belastung | load, weight, pressure, strain; burden |
| 2 | German | belasten | to burden; to incriminate; to debit, to charge |
| 3 | German | last | second-person singular/plural preterite of lesen |
| 4 | Middle High German | last | — |
| 5 | Old High German | hlast | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hlastuz | load, burden, cargo, freight |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kleh₂- | to put; to lay out |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kelh₂- | to beat; to break |