Where does “Buchstabenkurzwort” come from?

Buchstabenkurzwort (German) comes from German Kurzwort, from German wôrt, from Middle High German wort, from Old High German wort, from Proto-West Germanic word, from Proto-Germanic wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European werdʰo-, from Proto-Indo-European werh₁- — to speak, say.

Buchstabenkurzwort (German): acronym

Definitions

  1. acronym

Ancestry of “Buchstabenkurzwort”, step by step

Buchstabenkurzwort traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Kurzwort

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKurzwortabbreviation; clipping
2Germanwôrtplural word as an isolated unit
3Middle High Germanwortword; verb
4Old High Germanwortword; verb
5Proto-West Germanicwordword
6Proto-Germanicwurdąword
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwerdʰo-word
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwerh₁-to speak, say

via German Buchstabe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBuchstabeletter
2Middle High Germanbuochstabe—
3Old High Germanbuohstaboletter, writing
Every word from Proto-Indo-European werh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European werdʰo- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wurdą →