Where does “Massenerhaltungssatz” come from?
Massenerhaltungssatz (German) comes from German Massenerhaltung, from German Erhaltung, from German erhalten, from German er-, from Middle High German er-, from Old High German ir-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz- — out, outward.
Massenerhaltungssatz (German): law of conservation of mass
Definitions
- law of conservation of mass
Ancestry of “Massenerhaltungssatz”, step by step
Massenerhaltungssatz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Massenerhaltung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Massenerhaltung | conservation of mass |
| 2 | German | Erhaltung | maintenance, preservation |
| 3 | German | erhalten | to receive; to receive, to win; to maintain, to... |
| 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 Satz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Satz | sentence; proposition, theorem; set |
| 2 | Middle High German | saz | — |
| 3 | Middle High German | setzen | to set, place down |
| 4 | Old High German | sezzen | to make sit, set, put |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *sattjan | to set, place |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | satjaną | to set, to place down |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sodéyeti | to set, to seat, to cause to sit |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |