Where does “Einzugsgebiet” come from?
Einzugsgebiet (German) comes from German Einzug, from German einziehen, 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.
Einzugsgebiet (German): catchment area, catchment basin, drainage basin, watershed
Definitions
- catchment area, catchment basin, drainage basin, watershed
Ancestry of “Einzugsgebiet”, step by step
Einzugsgebiet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Einzug
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Einzug | move, moving in; ceremonial entry, entrance, such... |
| 2 | German | einziehen | to thread; to put in; to retract, pull in; to... |
| 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 |