Where does “Luftzerlegung” come from?
Luftzerlegung (German) comes from German Zerlegung, from German zerlegen, from German zer-, from German er-, from Middle High German er-, from Old High German ir-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz- — out, outward.
Luftzerlegung (German): air separation
Definitions
- air separation
Ancestry of “Luftzerlegung”, step by step
Luftzerlegung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Zerlegung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Zerlegung | decomposition, separation, segmentation;... |
| 2 | German | zerlegen | to dismantle, disassemble; to decompose; to... |
| 3 | German | zer- | asunder, to pieces, to bits; to spoil by |
| 4 | German | er- | Inseparable verbal prefix that indicates a... |
| 5 | Middle High German | er- | — |
| 6 | Old High German | ir- | thoroughly |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | uʀ- | out, over; off, away |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | uz- | up, out |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | uss- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | uds- | up, out |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |
via German luft
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | luft | air, atmosphere |
| 2 | Middle High German | luft | — |
| 3 | Old High German | luft | air |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | luftu | roof; air |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | luftuz | roof; roof of the earth, firmament; heavens, sky;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | lewp- | peel, break off; to flake off, peel, damage; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lew- | dirt, mud; to cut, remove, prune, separate; to... |