Where does “Jahrhundertmitte” come from?

Jahrhundertmitte (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.

Jahrhundertmitte (German): middle of the century

Definitions

  1. middle of the century

Ancestry of “Jahrhundertmitte”, step by step

Jahrhundertmitte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Jahrhundert

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanJahrhundertA century
2GermanHundertthe number 100; A unity of hundred things
3Middle High Germanhundert—
4Old Saxonhunderodhundred
5Proto-West Germanic*hundaradhundred
6Proto-Germanichundaradąa great hundred; a hundred
7Proto-Germanichundąa great hundred; a hundred
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱm̥tómhundred
9Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥ten

via German mitte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmittemiddle
2Middle High Germanmitte—
3Old High Germanmittimiddle
4Proto-Germanicmidjąmiddle
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmédʰyosmiddle
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmedʰi-with, among; with, along
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmein the middle of, near, by, around, with
Every word from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱm̥tóm →Every word from Proto-Germanic hundą →