Where does “Mehrwortausdruck” come from?
Mehrwortausdruck (German) comes from German Ausdruck, from German ausdrücken, 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.
Mehrwortausdruck (German): multi-word expression
Definitions
- multi-word expression
Ancestry of “Mehrwortausdruck”, step by step
Mehrwortausdruck traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German Ausdruck
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Ausdruck | expression, term; diction; expression,... |
| 2 | German | ausdrücken | to squeeze, to squeeze out; to express |
| 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 mehrere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | mehrere | several; more than one; a number of |
| 2 | German | Mehr | increase, excess; majority |
| 3 | Middle High German | mere | — |
| 4 | Old High German | mēro | more |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *maiʀō | more, larger |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | maizô | comparative degree of *mikilaz; more |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mē- | to measure; endeavour, will, temper; many |