Where does “Eindämmungsfeld” come from?
Eindämmungsfeld (German) comes from German Eindämmung, from German eindämmen, from German ein-, from Middle High German īn-, from Old High German in, from Proto-West Germanic *in, from Proto-Germanic in, from Proto-Indo-European én — in.
Eindämmungsfeld (German): containment field
Definitions
- containment field
Ancestry of “Eindämmungsfeld”, step by step
Eindämmungsfeld traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Eindämmung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Eindämmung | containment |
| 2 | German | eindämmen | to contain |
| 3 | German | ein- | generally indicating motion into something; one,... |
| 4 | Middle High German | īn- | — |
| 5 | Old High German | in | in |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *in | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | in | in; into |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | én | in |
via German feld
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | feld | field plot of open land, especially one used to grow crops |
| 2 | Middle High German | vëlt | — |
| 3 | Old High German | feld | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | felþu | field |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | felþuz | field, plain |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pelh₂- | to approach |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |