Where does “Festspannvorrichtung” come from?

Festspannvorrichtung (German) comes from German Vorrichtung, from German Richtung, from German richten, from Middle High German richten, from Old High German rihten, from Proto-West Germanic rihtijan, from Proto-Germanic rihtijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą — he, she.

Festspannvorrichtung (German): clamping device

Definitions

  1. clamping device

Ancestry of “Festspannvorrichtung”, step by step

Festspannvorrichtung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Vorrichtung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanVorrichtungdevice, rig, contrivance, facility; jig
2GermanRichtungdirection; route or way; departure
3Germanrichtento direct, to point; to fix, to rectify, to put...
4Middle High Germanrichten
5Old High Germanrihten
6Proto-West Germanicrihtijanto straighten to set straight; to align, to...
7Proto-Germanicrihtijanąto straighten, to set straight; to align, to...
8Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
9Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
11Chichewaiyehe, she

via German festspannen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfestspannen
Every word from Chichewa iyeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -janąEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti