Where does “Basaltfelsen” come from?

Basaltfelsen (German) comes from German Basalt, from Late Latin basaltes, from Latin basanites, from Ancient Greek βασανίτης, from Ancient Greek -ίτης, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της, from Ancient Greek -της, from Proto-Hellenic -tāts — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

Basaltfelsen (German): basalt rock, basaltic rock

Definitions

  1. basalt rock, basaltic rock

Ancestry of “Basaltfelsen”, step by step

Basaltfelsen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Basalt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBasaltbasalt
2Late Latinbasaltes—
3Latinbasanites—
4Ancient Greekβασανίτης—
5Ancient Greek-ίτηςSuffix forming a masculine noun: one connected...
6Ancient Greekπολῑ́τηςcitizen
7Ancient Greek-τηςForms nouns representing a state of being; Added...
8Proto-Hellenic-tāts—
9Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
10Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
11Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

via German Felsen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFelsenrock
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós →Every word from Ancient Greek -της →Every word from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της →