Where does “Bronzezeit” come from?

Bronzezeit (German) comes from German Bronze, from Italian bronzo, from Italian bronzare, from Romanian bronza, from French bronzer, from French -er, from Middle French -er, from Old French -ier — suffix used to form infinitives of first...

Bronzezeit (German): Bronze Age

Definitions

  1. Bronze Age

Ancestry of “Bronzezeit”, step by step

Bronzezeit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Bronze

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBronzebronze
2Italianbronzobronze; first-person singular present indicative...
3ItalianbronzareTo bronze
4Romanianbronzato tan
5Frenchbronzerto tan, brown, catch a tan
6French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
7Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
8Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...

via German Zeit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZeittime; time of day; period, era
2Middle High Germanzīttime
3Old High Germanzīttime
4Proto-Indo-Europeandéh₂itisinterval, period of time
5Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₂y-to share, divide
6Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₂-to share, divide
Every word from Old French -ier →Every word from French -er →Every word from Italian bronzo →