Where does “Erderwärmung” come from?
Erderwärmung (German) comes from German Erwärmung, from German erwärmen, from German er-, from Middle High German er-, from Old High German ir-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz-, from Proto-Indo-European uss- — out, outward.
Erderwärmung (German): global warming
Definitions
- global warming
Ancestry of “Erderwärmung”, step by step
Erderwärmung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Erwärmung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Erwärmung | warming |
| 2 | German | erwärmen | to warm, to heat; to warm up, to heat up |
| 3 | German | er- | Inseparable verbal prefix that indicates a... |
| 4 | Middle High German | er- | — |
| 5 | Old High German | ir- | thoroughly |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | uʀ- | out, over; off, away |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | uz- | up, out |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | uss- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | uds- | up, out |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |