Where does “Gravitationswechselwirkung” come from?
Gravitationswechselwirkung (German) comes from German Wechselwirkung, from German Wirkung, from German wirken, from Middle High German wirken, from Old High German wirken, from Proto-West Germanic wirkijan, from Proto-Germanic wirkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European werǵ- — to make.
Gravitationswechselwirkung (German): gravitational interaction
Definitions
- gravitational interaction
Ancestry of “Gravitationswechselwirkung”, step by step
Gravitationswechselwirkung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Wechselwirkung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Wechselwirkung | interaction |
| 2 | German | Wirkung | effect; action |
| 3 | German | wirken | to work; to be effective; to take effect |
| 4 | Middle High German | wirken | — |
| 5 | Old High German | wirken | to manufacture by sowing, stitching or weaving |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | wirkijan | to work; to make |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | wirkijaną | to make, produce; to effect, make happen |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | werǵ- | to make |
via German Gravitation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Gravitation | gravitation |
| 2 | New Latin | gravitatio | gravitation |
| 3 | Latin | gravis | heavy; troublesome, hard; grave, serious |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷréh₂us | heavy |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -us | Forms adjectives from Caland system roots |