Where does “Minutenzeiger” come from?

Minutenzeiger (German) comes from German minute, from Latin minūtus, from Proto-Italic minwō, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

Minutenzeiger (German): minute hand

Definitions

  1. minute hand

Ancestry of “Minutenzeiger”, step by step

Minutenzeiger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German minute

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanminuteminute unit of time; unit of angle
2Latinminūtusdiminished, having been diminished
3Proto-Italicminwō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

via German Zeiger

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZeigerpointer, locator; hand; pointer
2Old High Germanzeigāri—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Proto-Italic minwō →Every word from Latin minūtus →
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