Where does “Babywanne” come from?
Babywanne (German) comes from German Baby, from English baby, from Middle English baby, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
Babywanne (German): baby bathtub a small, usually plastic bathtub for a baby
Definitions
- baby bathtub a small, usually plastic bathtub for a baby
Ancestry of “Babywanne”, step by step
Babywanne traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Baby
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Baby | baby infant |
| 2 | English | baby | A very young human, particularly from birth to a... |
| 3 | Middle English | baby | A child or baby |
| 4 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 5 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
via German wanne
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | wanne | tub, flat-bottomed vessel |
| 2 | Middle High German | wanne | — |
| 3 | Old High German | wanne | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hwannē | at what time, when; when |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hwan | when, at what time |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hwaz | who, what; whose; whom |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷos | See *kʷis |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷ- | The primary interrogative root |