Where does “Eisengehalt” come from?

Eisengehalt (German) comes from German eisen, from German -en, from Middle High German -en, from Old High German -īn, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

Eisengehalt (German): iron content

Definitions

  1. iron content

Ancestry of “Eisengehalt”, step by step

Eisengehalt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German eisen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermaneisenTo freeze; of iron
2German-enA suffix of verbs in their infinitive form; A...
3Middle High German-en—
4Old High German-īn—
5Proto-Germanic-īnaz-en
6Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
7Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

via German Gehalt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGehaltsalary; content
2Middle High Germangehalten—
3Old High Germangihaltan—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →