Where does “Kinderkrankenhaus” come from?

Kinderkrankenhaus (German) comes from German Krankenhaus, from German -en-, from German -en, from Middle High German -en, from Old High German -īn, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

Kinderkrankenhaus (German): children's hospital

Definitions

  1. children's hospital

Ancestry of “Kinderkrankenhaus”, step by step

Kinderkrankenhaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Krankenhaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKrankenhaushospital
2German-en-
3German-enA suffix of verbs in their infinitive form; A...
4Middle High German-en
5Old High German-īn
6Proto-Germanic-īnaz-en
7Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
8Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

via German Kinder

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKindernominative/genitive/accusative plural of Kind
2Yiddishקינדערplural of קינד; children
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no-
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