Where does “Nahrungsquelle” come from?
Nahrungsquelle (German) comes from German quelle, from Middle High German quelle, from Old High German quella, from Proto-West Germanic *kwalljā.
Nahrungsquelle (German): A source of nutrition
Ancestry of “Nahrungsquelle”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | quelle | inflection of quellen:
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| 2 | Middle High German | quelle | — |
| 3 | Old High German | quella | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *kwalljā | — |