Where does “Hauptbestandteil” come from?

Hauptbestandteil (German) comes from German Bestandteil, from German Teil, from Middle High German teil, from Old High German teil, from Proto-West Germanic daili, from Proto-Germanic dailiz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl- — part, watershed.

Hauptbestandteil (German): basis

Definitions

  1. basis

Ancestry of “Hauptbestandteil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBestandteilcomponent, element; ingredient
2GermanTeilpart, piece; fraction of a whole; thing
3Middle High Germanteil—
4Old High Germanteil—
5Proto-West Germanicdailipart
6Proto-Germanicdailizpart, portion, deal
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰayl-part, watershed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dailiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic daili →