Where does “Kernwaffentest” come from?
Kernwaffentest (German) comes from German test, from English Test, from German testen, from German Test, from English test, from Middle English teste, from Old French teste, from Latin testis — to stand.
Kernwaffentest (German): nuclear weapon test
Definitions
- nuclear weapon test
Ancestry of “Kernwaffentest”, step by step
Kernwaffentest traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German test
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | test | test |
| 2 | English | Test | a Test match |
| 3 | German | testen | to test |
| 4 | German | Test | test; melting pot |
| 5 | English | test | A challenge, trial; A cupel or cupelling hearth... |
| 6 | Middle English | teste | — |
| 7 | Old French | teste | head |
| 8 | Latin | testis | witness; one who testifies or attests; testicle |
| 9 | Latin | terstis | — |
| 10 | Latin | trīstis | sad, unhappy, melancholy, morose |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | tristh₂s | a third party standing, after the two parties to... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |
via German Kernwaffe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kernwaffe | nuclear weapon |
| 2 | German | kern | kernel |
| 3 | Middle High German | kerne | — |
| 4 | Old High German | kerno | core; pith |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kernô | kernel, core |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵr̥h₂nóm | grain |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵr̥h₂nós | matured, grown old |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵerh₂- | to grow old, to mature |