Where does “Kinderlähmung” come from?
Kinderlähmung (German) comes from German Lähmung, from German lähmen, from Middle High German lemen, from Old High German lemmen, from Proto-Germanic lamjaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
Kinderlähmung (German): polio, poliomyelitis
Ancestry of “Kinderlähmung”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Lähmung | paralysis |
| 2 | German | lähmen | to paralyze |
| 3 | Middle High German | lemen | — |
| 4 | Old High German | lemmen | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lamjaną | to bash, hit; to lame, cripple |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |