Where does “Eisengranat” come from?
Eisengranat (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.
Eisengranat (German): iron garnet
Definitions
- iron garnet
Ancestry of “Eisengranat”, step by step
Eisengranat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German eisen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | eisen | To freeze; of iron |
| 2 | German | -en | A suffix of verbs in their infinitive form; A... |
| 3 | Middle High German | -en | — |
| 4 | Old High German | -īn | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -īnaz | -en |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |
via German Granat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Granat | The common shrimp, Crangon crangon; garnet |
| 2 | Latin | grānātus | having many seeds or grains |
| 3 | Latin | grānum | grain, seed, small kernel |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | grānom | grain |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵr̥h₂nóm | grain |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵr̥h₂nós | matured, grown old |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵerh₂- | to grow old, to mature |