Where does “Fluchtgeschwindigkeit” come from?
Fluchtgeschwindigkeit (German) comes from German Geschwindigkeit, from German -igkeit, from German -ig, from German -jährig, from German Jahr, from Middle High German jār, from Old High German jār, from Proto-West Germanic jār — year.
Fluchtgeschwindigkeit (German): escape velocity
Definitions
- escape velocity
Ancestry of “Fluchtgeschwindigkeit”, step by step
Fluchtgeschwindigkeit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Geschwindigkeit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Geschwindigkeit | speed, pace, tempo, velocity, rate |
| 2 | German | -igkeit | forms nouns from adjectives |
| 3 | German | -ig | -y; forms adjectives from nouns; forms adjectives... |
| 4 | German | -jährig | years old; years lasting |
| 5 | German | Jahr | year |
| 6 | Middle High German | jār | year |
| 7 | Old High German | jār | year |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | jār | year |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | jērą | year; name of the J-rune |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yeh₁r- | year |
via German Flucht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Flucht | escape, flight; line, alignment; suite, line of... |
| 2 | Middle Low German | vlucht | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *fluhtī | act of flying, flight |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *fluhtiją | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | flehtaną | to plait, to weave |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pleḱ- | to fold, plait, weave |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |