Where does “Dauergeschwindigkeit” come from?
Dauergeschwindigkeit (German) comes from German Geschwindigkeit, from German -igkeit, from German -ig, from German -jährig, from German Jahr, from Middle High German jār, from Old High German jār, from Proto-West Germanic jār — year.
Dauergeschwindigkeit (German): sustained speed
Definitions
- sustained speed
Ancestry of “Dauergeschwindigkeit”, step by step
Dauergeschwindigkeit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Geschwindigkeit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Geschwindigkeit | speed, pace, tempo, velocity, rate |
| 2 | German | -igkeit | forms nouns from adjectives |
| 3 | German | -ig | -y; forms adjectives from nouns; forms adjectives... |
| 4 | German | -jährig | years old; years lasting |
| 5 | German | Jahr | year |
| 6 | Middle High German | jār | year |
| 7 | Old High German | jār | year |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | jār | year |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | jērą | year; name of the J-rune |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yeh₁r- | year |
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 |