Where does “Nanoteilchen” come from?

Nanoteilchen (German) comes from German Teilchen, from German Teil, from Middle High German teil, from Old High German teil, from Proto-West Germanic daili, from Proto-Germanic dailiz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl- — part, watershed.

Nanoteilchen (German): nanoparticle

Definitions

  1. nanoparticle

Ancestry of “Nanoteilchen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTeilchenparticle; bun
2GermanTeilpart, piece; fraction of a whole; thing
3Middle High Germanteil—
4Old High Germanteil—
5Proto-West Germanicdailipart
6Proto-Germanicdailizpart, portion, deal
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰayl-part, watershed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dailiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic daili →