Where does “Erdwärmekraftwerk” come from?
Erdwärmekraftwerk (German) comes from German Erdwärme, from German Wärme, from Middle High German werme, from Old High German warmī, from Old High German warm, from Proto-West Germanic warm, from Proto-Germanic warmaz, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰer-.
Erdwärmekraftwerk (German): geothermal power plant
Definitions
- geothermal power plant
Ancestry of “Erdwärmekraftwerk”, step by step
Erdwärmekraftwerk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Erdwärme
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Erdwärme | geothermal heat |
| 2 | German | Wärme | warmth; heat |
| 3 | Middle High German | werme | — |
| 4 | Old High German | warmī | warmth |
| 5 | Old High German | warm | warm |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | warm | warm |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | warmaz | warm |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰer- | warm, hot |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰe-gʷʰór-e ~ gʷʰe-gʷʰr-ḗr | — |
via German Kraftwerk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kraftwerk | power station, power plant |
| 2 | German | kraft | on the basis of; by virtue of; by means of,... |
| 3 | Middle High German | kraft | — |
| 4 | Old High German | kraft | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | kraftu | strength, power; skill |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kraftuz | strength, power |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -þuz | Forms result nouns from verb roots, usually from... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |