Where does “Bevölkerungsdichte” come from?
Bevölkerungsdichte (German) comes from German Bevölkerung, from German bevölkern, from German volk, from Middle High German volc, from Old High German folc, from Proto-West Germanic folk, from Proto-Germanic fulką, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.
Bevölkerungsdichte (German): population density
Definitions
- population density
Ancestry of “Bevölkerungsdichte”, step by step
Bevölkerungsdichte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Bevölkerung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Bevölkerung | population |
| 2 | German | bevölkern | to populate |
| 3 | German | volk | people, nation, folk, tribe, race group united by culture, history, descent, and/or language |
| 4 | Middle High German | volc | — |
| 5 | Old High German | folc | folk; people collectively, nation; people, nation |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | folk | people, tribe |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fulką | people; tribe |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |
via German dīchte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | dīchte | density |
| 2 | German | dicht | thick, tight, dense; impermeable, sealed, shut,... |
| 3 | Middle High German | dīchte | — |
| 4 | Old High German | dīhti | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *þį̄ht(ī) | tight |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | þinhtaz | tight |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tenkt- | dense, thick, tight |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |