Where does “Lichtmangel” come from?
Lichtmangel (German) comes from German licht, from German Druck, from German drücken, from Middle High German drücken, from Old High German drucchen, from Proto-West Germanic þrukkijan, from Proto-Germanic þrukkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European ter- — boundary, end.
Lichtmangel (German): lack of light
Definitions
- lack of light
Ancestry of “Lichtmangel”, step by step
Lichtmangel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German licht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | licht | light, bright; unobstructed, clear |
| 2 | German | Druck | pressure; print |
| 3 | German | drücken | to press; to push; to squeeze; to hug; to shirk;... |
| 4 | Middle High German | drücken | — |
| 5 | Old High German | drucchen | to press |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | þrukkijan | to press |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | þrukkijaną | to press on; to crowd |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 9 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 10 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |
via German mangel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | mangel | inflection of mangeln: ## first-person singular... |
| 2 | Middle High German | mange | mangle |
| 3 | Latin | manganum | manganese; mangonel |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | magnesia | nominative/accusative/vocative plural of... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Μαγνησία | Magnesia |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |