Where does “Kindertagesstätte” come from?
Kindertagesstätte (German) comes from German Tagesstätte, from German tag, from German guten Tag, from Alemannic German Tag, from Middle High German tac, from Old High German tag, from Proto-West Germanic dag, from Proto-Germanic dagaz — to burn; warm, hot.
Kindertagesstätte (German): day care center; nursery school; kindergarten
Definitions
- day care center; nursery school; kindergarten
Ancestry of “Kindertagesstätte”, step by step
Kindertagesstätte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Tagesstätte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Tagesstätte | day care center |
| 2 | German | tag | singular imperative of tagen |
| 3 | German | guten Tag | hello, good day, good afternoon |
| 4 | Alemannic German | Tag | day |
| 5 | Middle High German | tac | Alternative form of tag |
| 6 | Old High German | tag | day |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | dag | day |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | dagaz | day; name of the D-rune |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰegʷʰ- | to burn; warm, hot |