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Where does “Kreislaufstillstand” come from?

Kreislaufstillstand (German) comes from German Stillstand, from German still, from Middle High German stille, from Old High German stillī, from Old High German -ī, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Kreislaufstillstand (German): cardiac arrest

Definitions

  1. cardiac arrest

Ancestry of “Kreislaufstillstand”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStillstandstandstill
2Germanstillquiet, silent; quietly, silently
3Middle High Germanstille—
4Old High Germanstillīstillness
5Old High German-ī-ness
6Proto-West Germanic-ī-ness, -th
7Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
8Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
9Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
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