Where does “Flächeninhalt” come from?

Flächeninhalt (German) comes from German Inhalt, from German Verzeichnis, from German -nis, from Middle High German -nisse, from Old High German -nissī, from Proto-West Germanic -nassī, from Proto-Germanic -inassuz, from Proto-West Germanic -ī — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Flächeninhalt (German): area

Definitions

  1. area

Ancestry of “Flächeninhalt”, step by step

Flächeninhalt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Inhalt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanInhaltcontent
2GermanVerzeichnisindex; directory
3German-nisA suffix for deriving nouns from verbs or...
4Middle High German-nisse
5Old High German-nissī
6Proto-West Germanic-nassīUsed to form abstract nouns, usually from...
7Proto-Germanic-inassuz-ness
8Proto-West Germanic-ness, -th
9Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
10Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
11Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via German fläche

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanflächesurface
2Middle High Germanvleche
3Old High Germanflahflat, smooth
4Proto-West Germanic*flak
5Proto-Germanicflakazflat
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥kehflat surface
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄Every word from German -nis