Where does “Lebensmittelergänzung” come from?
Lebensmittelergänzung (German) comes from German Ergänzung, from German ergänzen, from German er-, from Middle High German er-, from Old High German ir-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz-, from Proto-Indo-European uss- — out, outward.
Lebensmittelergänzung (German): food supplement
Definitions
- food supplement
Ancestry of “Lebensmittelergänzung”, step by step
Lebensmittelergänzung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Ergänzung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Ergänzung | supplement, addition, complement,... |
| 2 | German | ergänzen | to fill, fill out, complete; to complement, to... |
| 3 | German | er- | Inseparable verbal prefix that indicates a... |
| 4 | Middle High German | er- | — |
| 5 | Old High German | ir- | thoroughly |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | uʀ- | out, over; off, away |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | uz- | up, out |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | uss- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | uds- | up, out |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |
via German Lebensmittel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Lebensmittel | any item or substance intended for human... |
| 2 | German | mittel | middle, in the middle; average, middling |
| 3 | Middle High German | mittel | — |
| 4 | Old High German | mittil | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | midlą | middle |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | midjō | middle, midst |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | médʰyos | middle |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | medʰi- | with, among; with, along |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | me | in the middle of, near, by, around, with |