Where does “Augenprothetiker” come from?

Augenprothetiker (German) comes from German auge, from Middle High German ouge, from Old High German ouga, from Proto-West Germanic augā, from Proto-Germanic augô, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ- — to see; eye.

Augenprothetiker (German): ocularist

Definitions

  1. ocularist

Ancestry of “Augenprothetiker”, step by step

Augenprothetiker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German auge

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanaugeeye
2Middle High Germanougeeye
3Old High Germanougaeye
4Proto-West Germanicaugāeye
5Proto-Germanicaugôeye
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ekʷ-to see; eye

via German Prothetik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanProthetikprosthetics

Words derived from “Augenprothetiker

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ-Every word from Proto-Germanic augôEvery word from Proto-West Germanic augā