Where does “Kalenderwoche” come from?
Kalenderwoche (German) comes from German Kalender, from Latin calendārium, from Latin Calendae, from Latin calāre, from Latin chalāre, from Ancient Greek χαλάω — I slacken; I loosen; I become slack; I become...
Kalenderwoche (German): A date term mainly used in German business that...
Definitions
- A date term mainly used in German business that...
Ancestry of “Kalenderwoche”, step by step
Kalenderwoche traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Kalender
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kalender | calendar; agenda, scheduler, planner; omasum |
| 2 | Latin | calendārium | an account book or debt book |
| 3 | Latin | Calendae | Abbreviation Cal; astronomical new moon; calends |
| 4 | Latin | calāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | chalāre | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | χαλάω | I slacken; I loosen; I become slack; I become... |
via German woche
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | woche | week period of seven days counting from Monday to Sunday, or from Sunday to Saturday |
| 2 | Middle High German | woche | week |
| 3 | Old High German | wehha | week |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | wikā | week |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | wikǭ | sequence; week |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | weyg- | to bend, wind, turn, yield; to wind, bend; to... |