Where does “Dickdarm” come from?

Dickdarm (German) comes from German dick, from Middle High German dicke, from Old High German dicchī, from Old High German -ī, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Dickdarm (German): large intestine

Definitions

  1. large intestine

Ancestry of “Dickdarm”, step by step

Dickdarm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German dick

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germandickthick; fat
2Middle High Germandickethickly; often
3Old High Germandicchīthick
4Old High German-ī-ness
5Proto-West Germanic-ī-ness, -th
6Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
7Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
8Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via German darm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germandarmintestine, gut
2Middle High Germandarm—
3Old High Germandarm—
4Proto-West Germanicþarmintestine
5Proto-Germanicþarmazintestine
6Proto-Indo-Europeantórmosborehole
7Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₁-to rub, turn; to drill, pierce

Words derived from “Dickdarm”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →