Where does “Fünfzigtausendstel” come from?

Fünfzigtausendstel (German) comes from German fünfzig, from Middle High German vünfzic, from Old High German fimfzug, from Proto-Germanic fimf tigiwiz — fifty.

Fünfzigtausendstel (German): fifty-thousandth

Definitions

  1. fifty-thousandth

Ancestry of “Fünfzigtausendstel”, step by step

Fünfzigtausendstel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German fünfzig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfünfzigfifty
2Middle High Germanvünfzic—
3Old High Germanfimfzug—
4Proto-Germanicfimf tigiwizfifty

via German tausendstel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantausendstelthousandth (thousandth part of)
Every word from Proto-Germanic fimf tigiwiz →Every word from Old High German fimfzug →Every word from Middle High German vünfzic →