Where does “Erdoberfläche” come from?

Erdoberfläche (German) comes from German oberfläche, from Latin superficiēs, from Latin faciēs, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.

Erdoberfläche (German): surface of the Earth

Definitions

  1. surface of the Earth

Ancestry of “Erdoberfläche”, step by step

Erdoberfläche traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German oberfläche

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanoberflächesurface
2Latinsuperficiēsthe top, surface
3Latinfaciēsmake, form, shape, figure, configuration
4Latinfaciōto do
5Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
6Latin-tōriusory
7Latin-tor-er
8Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
9Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
10Proto-Indo-European-tor-s

via German ërde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanërdeearth
2Middle High Germanërdeearth
3Old High GermanerdaThe Earth; earth, ground, soil
4Proto-West Germanicerþuearth, world; earth, soil
5Proto-Germanicerþōearth
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁er-earth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-sEvery word from Latin -toriumEvery word from Latin -tor
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