Where does “Hauptanwendungsgebiet” come from?
Hauptanwendungsgebiet (German) comes from German Anwendungsgebiet, from German Anwendung, from German anwenden, from German an, from Middle High German āne, from Old High German āna, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an — on, onto.
Hauptanwendungsgebiet (German): main area of application
Ancestry of “Hauptanwendungsgebiet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Anwendungsgebiet | application |
| 2 | German | Anwendung | application |
| 3 | German | anwenden | to use, apply, utilize or deploy |
| 4 | German | an | on; upon; at; in; against; by; near; close to;... |
| 5 | Middle High German | āne | without |
| 6 | Old High German | āna | without |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |