Where does “Ergänzungsstrich” come from?
Ergänzungsstrich (German) comes from German Ergänzung, from German ergänzen, 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.
Ergänzungsstrich (German): suspension hyphen, suspended hyphen, hanging hyphen
Definitions
- suspension hyphen, suspended hyphen, hanging hyphen
Ancestry of “Ergänzungsstrich”, step by step
Ergänzungsstrich traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Ergänzung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Ergänzung | supplement, addition, complement,... |
| 2 | German | ergänzen | to fill, fill out, complete; to complement, to... |
| 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 |
via German strich
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | strich | first/third-person singular preterite of... |
| 2 | Middle High German | strich | — |
| 3 | Old High German | strih | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *striki | line |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | strikiz | line |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | streyg- | to strike; to shear |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ter- | strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to... |