Where does “Dreizehnflächner” come from?

Dreizehnflächner (German) comes from German Flächen, from German -en, from Middle High German -en, from Old High German -īn, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

Dreizehnflächner (German): tridecahedron

Definitions

  1. tridecahedron

Ancestry of “Dreizehnflächner”, step by step

Dreizehnflächner traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Flächen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFlächenplural of Fläche; area
2German-enA suffix of verbs in their infinitive form; A...
3Middle High German-en—
4Old High German-īn—
5Proto-Germanic-īnaz-en
6Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
7Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

via German dreizehn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germandreizehnthirteen
2Middle High Germandreizehen—
3Old High Germandrīzehan—
4Proto-Germanicþritehunthirteen
5Proto-Germanictehunten
6Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from German -en →Every word from Proto-Germanic -īnaz →