Where does “Nachtspeicherheizung” come from?
Nachtspeicherheizung (German) comes from German Heizung, from German heizen, from Middle High German heiȥen, from Old High German heizen, from Proto-West Germanic haitijan, from Proto-Germanic haitijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
Nachtspeicherheizung (German): storage heater
Definitions
- storage heater
Ancestry of “Nachtspeicherheizung”, step by step
Nachtspeicherheizung traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German Heizung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Heizung | heating |
| 2 | German | heizen | to heat |
| 3 | Middle High German | heiȥen | to be called, to call |
| 4 | Old High German | heizen | to heat |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | haitijan | to make hot, heat |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | haitijaną | to make hot, heat |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via German Speicher
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Speicher | granary; storage room in the attic; memory |
| 2 | Middle High German | spīcher | — |
| 3 | Old High German | spīhhāri | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | spīkārī | granary |
| 5 | Latin | spicarium | granary |
| 6 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 7 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |