Where does “Frühjahrs-Tagundnachtgleiche” come from?
Frühjahrs-Tagundnachtgleiche (German) comes from German Frühjahr, from German jahr, from German -jährig, from German -ig, from Middle High German -ic, from Old High German -ig, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz — -y, -ic.
Frühjahrs-Tagundnachtgleiche (German): spring equinox, vernal equinox
Definitions
- spring equinox, vernal equinox
Ancestry of “Frühjahrs-Tagundnachtgleiche”, step by step
Frühjahrs-Tagundnachtgleiche traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Frühjahr
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Frühjahr | spring |
| 2 | German | jahr | year solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one orbit of the Sun |
| 3 | German | -jährig | years old; years lasting |
| 4 | German | -ig | -y; forms adjectives from nouns; forms adjectives... |
| 5 | Middle High German | -ic | — |
| 6 | Old High German | -ig | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
via German Tagundnachtgleiche
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Tagundnachtgleiche | equinox |
| 2 | German | und | and; so?, now?, and? |
| 3 | Middle High German | unde | — |
| 4 | Old High German | unti | and |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | andi | in addition, furthermore, and |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énti | opposite; near; in front |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |