Where does “Jahrhunderthochwasser” come from?
Jahrhunderthochwasser (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.
Ancestry of “Jahrhunderthochwasser”, step by step
Jahrhunderthochwasser 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 Hochwasser
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Hochwasser | a very high water level in any body of water;... |
| 2 | German | wasser | inflection of wassern: ## first-person singular... |
| 3 | Middle High German | wazzer | water |
| 4 | Old High German | waȥȥar | water |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | watar | water |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | watōr | water |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wódr̥ | water |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wed- | water |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wey- | to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;... |