Where does “Kupfersteinzeit” come from?
Kupfersteinzeit (German) comes from German Steinzeit, from German Steinzeitalter, from German Zeitalter, from German alter, from German Alt, from Middle High German alt, from Old High German alt, from Proto-West Germanic ald — to grow, nourish.
Kupfersteinzeit (German): Copper Age, Eneolithic, Chalcolithic
Definitions
- Copper Age, Eneolithic, Chalcolithic
Ancestry of “Kupfersteinzeit”, step by step
Kupfersteinzeit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Steinzeit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Steinzeit | Stone Age |
| 2 | German | Steinzeitalter | stone age |
| 3 | German | Zeitalter | age; era |
| 4 | German | alter | age, old age |
| 5 | German | Alt | alto; A type of beer, typical to the Rhineland... |
| 6 | Middle High German | alt | — |
| 7 | Old High German | alt | old |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | ald | old |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | aldaz | old, grown up |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eltós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | to grow, nourish |
via German kupfer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | kupfer | copper (chemical element, Cu, atomical number 29) |
| 2 | Middle High German | kupfer | — |
| 3 | Old High German | kupfar | copper |
| 4 | Latin | cūprum | copper (the metal) |
| 5 | Latin | cȳprium | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Κύπρος | Cyprus |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ῐος | belonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |