Where does “Dachentwässerung” come from?
Dachentwässerung (German) comes from German dach, from Middle High German dach, from Old High German dag, from Old High German tag, from Proto-West Germanic dag, from Proto-Germanic dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰegʷʰ- — to burn; warm, hot.
Dachentwässerung (German): roof drainage
Definitions
- roof drainage
Ancestry of “Dachentwässerung”, step by step
Dachentwässerung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German dach
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | dach | — |
| 2 | Middle High German | dach | — |
| 3 | Old High German | dag | — |
| 4 | Old High German | tag | day |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | dag | day |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | dagaz | day; name of the D-rune |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰegʷʰ- | to burn; warm, hot |
via German Entwässerung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Entwässerung | dewatering, drainage, dehydration, diversion;... |
| 2 | German | -ung | -ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing... |
| 3 | Middle High German | -ung | — |
| 4 | Old High German | -unga | -ing |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ungō | -ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs." |