Where does “Fachwortlexikon” come from?
Fachwortlexikon (German) comes from German Fachwort, from German wôrt, from Middle High German wort, from Old High German wort, from Proto-West Germanic word, from Proto-Germanic wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European werdʰo-, from Proto-Indo-European werh₁- — to speak, say.
Fachwortlexikon (German): technical encyclopaedia
Definitions
- technical encyclopaedia
Ancestry of “Fachwortlexikon”, step by step
Fachwortlexikon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Fachwort
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Fachwort | technical term |
| 2 | German | wôrt | plural word as an isolated unit |
| 3 | Middle High German | wort | word; verb |
| 4 | Old High German | wort | word; verb |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | word | word |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | wurdą | word |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | werdʰo- | word |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | werh₁- | to speak, say |
via German Lexikon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Lexikon | reference book; a book, usually alphabetically... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | λεξικόν | lexicon, dictionary |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | λέξις | a saying, speech; word, phrase |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |