Where does “Impakt” come from?

Impakt (German) comes from Latin impāctus, from Latin impingo, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

Impakt (German): impact of an asteroid, meteorite or alike into the earth's surface

Definitions

  1. impact of an asteroid, meteorite or alike into the earth's surface

Ancestry of “Impakt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinimpāctusillision, collision, hit
2LatinimpingoI push, strike, dash against; I press upon, force...
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →