Where does “Elementbezeichnung” come from?
Elementbezeichnung (German) comes from German Bezeichnung, from German bezeichnen, from German zeichnen, from German Zeichen, from Middle High German zeichen, from Old High German zeihhan, from Proto-West Germanic taikn, from Proto-Germanic taikną — to point out.
Elementbezeichnung (German): element's name
Definitions
- element's name
Ancestry of “Elementbezeichnung”, step by step
Elementbezeichnung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Bezeichnung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Bezeichnung | designation, denomination, name, term;... |
| 2 | German | bezeichnen | to name (give a name to), to call, to designate, to denote |
| 3 | German | zeichnen | to draw |
| 4 | German | Zeichen | characters, marks, sign; token |
| 5 | Middle High German | zeichen | — |
| 6 | Old High German | zeihhan | sign, symbol, feature; sign, symbol |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | taikn | sign, token, symbol |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | taikną | sign, token, symbol |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | deyḱ- | to point out |
via German Element
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Element | element; element; essential component; force of... |
| 2 | Middle High German | element | — |
| 3 | Latin | elementum | one of four elements that composed the world;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | στοιχεῖον | one of a row; one of a series, a component part,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | στοῖχος | row in an ascending series; a line of poles... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | stóikʰos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | stóygʰ-os | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | steygʰ- | to go; to climb |