Where does “Bleilegierung” come from?

Bleilegierung (German) comes from German blei, from Middle High German blī, from Old High German blīo, from Proto-West Germanic blīwī, from Proto-Germanic blīwiją, from Proto-Indo-European mliH-wó-s, from Proto-Indo-European mleh₁y- — to be weak, weary, tired.

Bleilegierung (German): lead alloy

Definitions

  1. lead alloy

Ancestry of “Bleilegierung”, step by step

Bleilegierung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German blei

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbleilead (chemical element - Pb, atomic number 82)
2Middle High Germanblī—
3Old High Germanblīometallic lead
4Proto-West Germanicblīwīlead
5Proto-Germanicblīwijąlead
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanmliH-wó-s—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmleh₁y-to be weak, weary, tired

via German Legierung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanLegierungalloy, alloying
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mleh₁y- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mliH-wó-s →Every word from Proto-Germanic blīwiją →