Where does “Meerwasserentsalzungsanlage” come from?
Meerwasserentsalzungsanlage (German) comes from German Entsalzungsanlage, from German Anlage, from German anlegen, from German an, from Middle High German āne, from Old High German āna, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an — on, onto.
Meerwasserentsalzungsanlage (German): seawater desalination plant
Definitions
- seawater desalination plant
Ancestry of “Meerwasserentsalzungsanlage”, step by step
Meerwasserentsalzungsanlage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Entsalzungsanlage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Entsalzungsanlage | desalination plant |
| 2 | German | Anlage | public green area, site, park, garden; plant,... |
| 3 | German | anlegen | to create; to put on; to start a fight with |
| 4 | German | an | on; upon; at; in; against; by; near; close to;... |
| 5 | Middle High German | āne | without |
| 6 | Old High German | āna | without |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via German Meerwasser
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Meerwasser | seawater |
| 2 | German | wasser | inflection of wassern: ## first-person singular... |
| 3 | Middle High German | wazzer | water |
| 4 | Old High German | waȥȥar | water |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | watar | water |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | watōr | water |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wódr̥ | water |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wed- | water |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wey- | to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;... |