Where does “Halbstufenpotential” come from?

Halbstufenpotential (German) comes from German Potential, from German Potenzial, from Latin potentialis, from Latin Potentia, from Latin potēns, from Latin posse, from Latin potis, from Proto-Italic potis — to drink.

Halbstufenpotential (German): halfwave potential

Definitions

  1. halfwave potential

Ancestry of “Halbstufenpotential”, step by step

Halbstufenpotential traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via German Potential

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPotentialAlternative spelling of Potenzial; potential
2GermanPotenzialpotential
3Latinpotentialisforce, power
4LatinPotentiasituated in the valley of the Casuentus, now Potenza
5Latinpotēnsbeing able (to), able; potent, mighty, strong, powerful
6Latinpossepresent active infinitive of possum  "to be able...
7Latinpotisable, capable, possible
8Proto-Italicpotismaster, in control of
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpótismaster, ruler; husband
10Proto-Indo-Europeanph₃tis—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₃-to drink

via German Stufe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStufestep, tread; degree, stage, level, rank, phase;...
2Italianstufafeminine singular of stufo; stove; third-person...
3Italianstufareto stew; to bore or weary
4Medieval Latinstupha—
5Ancient Greekτῦφοςa kind of fever; delusion, vanity; nonsense
6Ancient Greekτύφωto smoke, fill with smoke; to consume in smoke
7Proto-Indo-Europeandhubh-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeandheu-scatter like dust

via German halb

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanhalbhalf, halfway; a half-hour before, thirty minutes...
2Middle High Germanhalp—
3Old High Germanhalb—
4Proto-West Germanichalbhalf
5Proto-Germanichalbazhalf
6Proto-Indo-European(s)kelH-to cut; to split, to separate
7Proto-Indo-European(s)kel-to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ph₃tis →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pótis →