Where does “Kilometerzähler” come from?
Kilometerzähler (German) comes from German Kilometer, from German Meter, from French mètre, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον, from Proto-Hellenic -tron, from Proto-Indo-European -trom — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
Kilometerzähler (German): odometer US, milometer UK
Definitions
- odometer US, milometer UK
Ancestry of “Kilometerzähler”, step by step
Kilometerzähler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Kilometer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kilometer | kilometer (unit of measure) |
| 2 | German | Meter | meter unit of length |
| 3 | French | mètre | metre/meter; first-person singular present... |
| 4 | Latin | metrum | a measure |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
via German Zähler
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Zähler | agent noun of zählen; counter; numerator; point |
| 2 | German | zählen | to count; to reckon, to consider, to deem; to... |
| 3 | Middle High German | zeln | — |
| 4 | Old High German | zellan | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | talljan | to count, to enumerate; to recount, to tell |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | taljaną | to enumerate, count; to account, recount, tell |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | talą | speech; number |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dol- | reckoning, calculation, fraud; calculation, fraud |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |