Where does “Einzelzimmer” come from?

Einzelzimmer (German) comes from German Zimmer, from Middle High German zimber, from Old High German zimbar, from Proto-West Germanic *timr, from Proto-Germanic timrą, from Proto-Indo-European dem- — to build; to arrange, to put together.

Einzelzimmer (German): single room

Definitions

  1. single room

Ancestry of “Einzelzimmer”, step by step

Einzelzimmer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Zimmer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZimmerroom
2Middle High Germanzimber—
3Old High Germanzimbar—
4Proto-West Germanic*timr(act of) building
5Proto-Germanictimrąbuilding; timber
6Proto-Indo-Europeandem-to build; to arrange, to put together

via German einzeln

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germaneinzelnsingle; lone; only, unique; separate; discrete
2Middle High Germaneinzel—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dem- →