Where does “Gefängnisplanet” come from?
Gefängnisplanet (German) comes from German Gefängnis, 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, from Proto-Germanic -į̄ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Gefängnisplanet (German): prison planet a planet used as a prison
Definitions
- prison planet a planet used as a prison
Ancestry of “Gefängnisplanet”, step by step
Gefängnisplanet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Gefängnis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Gefängnis | prison, jail; prison |
| 2 | German | -nis | A suffix for deriving nouns from verbs or... |
| 3 | Middle High German | -nisse | — |
| 4 | Old High German | -nissī | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -nassī | Used to form abstract nouns, usually from... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -inassuz | -ness |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -ī | -ness, -th |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -į̄ | -th |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
via German planet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | planet | second-person plural subjunctive I of planen |
| 2 | Middle High German | plānēte | planet |
| 3 | Latin | planēta | planet (wandering star) |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πλανήτης | wanderer, vagabond; planet; a fever that comes in... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πεῖρα | trial, experiment, attempt |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |