Where does “Kernkraftwerk” come from?
Kernkraftwerk (German) comes from German Kraftwerk, from German kraft, from Middle High German kraft, from Old High German kraft, from Proto-West Germanic kraftu, from Proto-Germanic kraftuz, from Proto-Germanic -þuz, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
Kernkraftwerk (German): nuclear power plant
Definitions
- nuclear power plant
Ancestry of “Kernkraftwerk”, step by step
Kernkraftwerk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Kraftwerk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kraftwerk | power station, power plant |
| 2 | German | kraft | on the basis of; by virtue of; by means of,... |
| 3 | Middle High German | kraft | — |
| 4 | Old High German | kraft | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | kraftu | strength, power; skill |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kraftuz | strength, power |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -þuz | Forms result nouns from verb roots, usually from... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |