Where does “Jahrhundertflut” come from?
Jahrhundertflut (German) comes from German Jahrhundert, from German Hundert, from Middle High German hundert, from Old Saxon hunderod, from Proto-West Germanic *hundarad, from Proto-Germanic hundaradą, from Proto-Germanic hundą, from Proto-Indo-European ḱm̥tóm — ten.
Jahrhundertflut (German): once-in-a-century, extreme flooding
Definitions
- once-in-a-century, extreme flooding
Ancestry of “Jahrhundertflut”, step by step
Jahrhundertflut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Jahrhundert
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Jahrhundert | A century |
| 2 | German | Hundert | the number 100; A unity of hundred things |
| 3 | Middle High German | hundert | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | hunderod | hundred |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *hundarad | hundred |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hundaradą | a great hundred; a hundred |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hundą | a great hundred; a hundred |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱm̥tóm | hundred |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | déḱm̥ | ten |
via German Flut
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Flut | flow; flood; high tide; flood; great masses of... |
| 2 | Middle High German | vluot | — |
| 3 | Old High German | fluot | flood |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | flōdu | river; flood |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | flōduz | river; flood |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | plōw- | to flow, swim; to pour, wash |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |