Where does “Kohlendioxidlaser” come from?

Kohlendioxidlaser (German) comes from German Kohlendioxid, from German Kohle, from Middle High German kole, from German Kohl, from Middle High German kōl, from Old High German kol, from Proto-West Germanic kol, from Proto-Germanic kulą — to burn; to shine.

Kohlendioxidlaser (German): carbon dioxide laser

Definitions

  1. carbon dioxide laser

Ancestry of “Kohlendioxidlaser”, step by step

Kohlendioxidlaser traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Kohlendioxid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKohlendioxidcarbon dioxide
2GermanKohlecoal; a coal; a piece of coal; money; dough; dosh
3Middle High Germankole
4GermanKohlcabbage; nonsense; idle talk
5Middle High Germankōl
6Old High Germankolcoal
7Proto-West Germanickolcoal
8Proto-Germanickulącoal
9Proto-Indo-Europeangʷol-
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanǵwelH-to burn; to shine

via German Laser

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanLaserlaser beam of light
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵwelH-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷol-Every word from Proto-Germanic kulą