Where does “Nahtoderlebnis” come from?

Nahtoderlebnis (German) comes from German Erlebnis, from German -nis, from Middle High German -nisse, from Old High German -nissī, from Proto-West Germanic -nassī, from Proto-Germanic -inassuz, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Nahtoderlebnis (German): near-death experience

Definitions

  1. near-death experience

Ancestry of “Nahtoderlebnis”, step by step

Nahtoderlebnis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Erlebnis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanErlebnisexperience
2German-nisA suffix for deriving nouns from verbs or...
3Middle High German-nisse
4Old High German-nissī
5Proto-West Germanic-nassīUsed to form abstract nouns, usually from...
6Proto-Germanic-inassuz-ness
7Proto-West Germanic-ness, -th
8Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
9Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
10Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via German Nahtod

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanNahtodnear-death
2Germannāhnear in space or time or in an abstract sense, close, nearby
3Middle High Germannāh
4Old High Germannāhnear, close; close, near
5Proto-Germanicnēhwizcloser, nearer
6Proto-Germanicnēhwnear, close
7Proto-Germanicnēhwaznear, close
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂nḗḱwos
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂neḱ-to reach, to attain
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄Every word from German -nis