Where does “Dauerform” come from?
Dauerform (German) comes from German dauer, from German dauern, from Middle High German dūren, from Middle Low German dūren, from Old French durer, from Latin dūrō, from Latin dūrus, from Proto-Italic dūros — far; long.
Dauerform (German): living fossil
Definitions
- living fossil
Ancestry of “Dauerform”, step by step
Dauerform traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German dauer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | dauer | inflection of dauern: ## first-person singular... |
| 2 | German | dauern | to last, to continue, to persist; to last, to be... |
| 3 | Middle High German | dūren | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | dūren | — |
| 5 | Old French | durer | to last |
| 6 | Latin | dūrō | to harden, make hard |
| 7 | Latin | dūrus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | dūros | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | duh₂-ró-s | long, far |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dweh₂- | far; long |