Where does “Erstdruck” come from?
Erstdruck (German) comes from German Druck, from German drücken, from Middle High German drücken, from Old High German drucchen, from Proto-West Germanic þrukkijan, from Proto-Germanic þrukkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine — boundary, end.
Erstdruck (German): first printing
Definitions
- first printing
Ancestry of “Erstdruck”, step by step
Erstdruck traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Druck
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Druck | pressure; print |
| 2 | German | drücken | to press; to push; to squeeze; to hug; to shirk;... |
| 3 | Middle High German | drücken | — |
| 4 | Old High German | drucchen | to press |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | þrukkijan | to press |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | þrukkijaną | to press on; to crowd |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 8 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 9 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |
via German Erste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Erste | female equivalent of Erster; inflection of... |
| 2 | German | Erster | winner; inflection of Erste: ## strong... |
| 3 | German | erster | inflection of erste: ## strong/mixed nominative... |
| 4 | German | erste | first |
| 5 | Old High German | ērist | earliest |
| 6 | Old High German | ēr | ore; brass; formerly, previously; early |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | iʀ | he, it |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | jīz | Alternative form of *jūz |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *yúHs | you (plural) |