Where does “Ebene” come from?

Ebene (German) comes from Middle High German ebene, from Old High German ebanī, 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...

Ebene (German): plain; plane; storey, floor

Definitions

  1. plain; plane; storey, floor

Ancestry of “Ebene”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanebene—
2Old High Germanebanīevenness
3Old High German-ī-ness
4Proto-West Germanic-ī-ness, -th
5Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
6Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
7Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “Ebene”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Old High German -ī →Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄ →
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