Where does “Dunkelziffer” come from?
Dunkelziffer (German) comes from German Dünkel, from Middle High German tunkel, from Old High German tunkalī, 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...
Dunkelziffer (German): dark figure estimated number of unreported cases
Definitions
- dark figure estimated number of unreported cases
Ancestry of “Dunkelziffer”, step by step
Dunkelziffer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Dünkel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Dünkel | conceit, smugness, arrogance |
| 2 | Middle High German | tunkel | — |
| 3 | Old High German | tunkalī | dark, darkness |
| 4 | Old High German | -ī | -ness |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -ī | -ness, -th |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -į̄ | -th |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
via German Ziffer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Ziffer | digit, numeral; a numbered division unit written... |
| 2 | Middle High German | zifer | digit |
| 3 | Old French | cifre | — |
| 4 | Latin | cifra | numeral, cipher; zero |
| 5 | Arabic | صِفْر | zero, nothing, empty, void; nothing, cipher;... |
| 6 | Sanskrit | शून्य | zero; cipher, cypher; blank, deserted |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱówH- | — |