Where does “Innensechskantschraube” come from?

Innensechskantschraube (German) comes from German innen, from Old High German innana, from Old High German innar, from Old High German in, from Proto-West Germanic *in, from Proto-Germanic in, from Proto-Indo-European én — in.

Innensechskantschraube (German): hexagon socket screw

Definitions

  1. hexagon socket screw

Ancestry of “Innensechskantschraube”, step by step

Innensechskantschraube traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via German innen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germaninnenwithin; inside
2Old High Germaninnanainside
3Old High Germaninnarinner
4Old High Germaninin
5Proto-West Germanic*in
6Proto-Germanicinin; into
7Proto-Indo-Europeanénin

via German Schraube

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchraubescrew
2Middle High Germanschrūbescrew machine

via German Sechskant

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSechskant
Every word from Proto-Indo-European én