Where does “Geigerzähler” come from?
Geigerzähler (German) comes from German Zähler, from German zählen, from Middle High German zeln, from Old High German zellan, from Proto-West Germanic talljan, from Proto-Germanic taljaną, from Proto-Germanic talą, from Proto-Indo-European dol- — to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...
Geigerzähler (German): Geiger counter
Definitions
- Geiger counter
Ancestry of “Geigerzähler”, step by step
Geigerzähler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Zähler
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Zähler | agent noun of zählen; counter; numerator; point |
| 2 | German | zählen | to count; to reckon, to consider, to deem; to... |
| 3 | Middle High German | zeln | — |
| 4 | Old High German | zellan | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | talljan | to count, to enumerate; to recount, to tell |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | taljaną | to enumerate, count; to account, recount, tell |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | talą | speech; number |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dol- | reckoning, calculation, fraud; calculation, fraud |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |
via German Geiger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Geiger | fiddler, violinist |
| 2 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 3 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |