Where does “Drehimpuls” come from?
Drehimpuls (German) comes from German Impuls, from Latin impulsus, from Latin impellō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
Drehimpuls (German): angular momentum
Definitions
- angular momentum
Ancestry of “Drehimpuls”, step by step
Drehimpuls traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Impuls
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Impuls | impulse, momentum; impetus; stimulus, incentive |
| 2 | Latin | impulsus | pushed, driven, assailed, having been pushed or... |
| 3 | Latin | impellō | to push, drive or strike against something; assail |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via German Dreh
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Dreh | spin, twist; knack |
| 2 | German | drehen | to turn, revolve, rotate, roll; to shoot; to veer |
| 3 | Middle High German | dræjen | — |
| 4 | Old High German | drāen | to turn; to twist; turn |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | þrāan | to twist |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | þrēaną | to twist, to turn |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |