Where does “Kernbindungsenergie” come from?

Kernbindungsenergie (German) comes from German Bindungsenergie, from German Bindung, from German binden, from Middle High German binden, from Old High German bintan, from Proto-West Germanic bindan, from Proto-Germanic bindaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ- — to bind; bond.

Kernbindungsenergie (German): nuclear binding energy

Definitions

  1. nuclear binding energy

Ancestry of “Kernbindungsenergie”, step by step

Kernbindungsenergie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Bindungsenergie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBindungsenergiebinding energy
2GermanBindungcommitment, obligation; bond, attachment
3Germanbindento tie up; to fasten; to bind together; to knot;...
4Middle High Germanbindento bind
5Old High Germanbintanto bind
6Proto-West Germanicbindanto bind, to tie
7Proto-Germanicbindanąto bind, to tie
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰendʰ-to bind; bond

via German kern

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankernkernel
2Middle High Germankerne
3Old High Germankernocore; pith
4Proto-Germanickernôkernel, core
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nómgrain
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nósmatured, grown old
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵerh₂-to grow old, to mature
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic bindanąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic bindan