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Where does “Kerngebiet” come from?

Kerngebiet (German) comes from German kern, from Middle High German kerne, from Old High German kerno, from Proto-Germanic kernô, from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nóm, from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nós, from Proto-Indo-European ǵerh₂- — to grow old, to mature.

Kerngebiet (German): core area, central area, core region, core zone,...

Definitions

  1. core area, central area, core region, core zone,...

Ancestry of “Kerngebiet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankern—
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
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