Where does “Neuntausendstel” come from?

Neuntausendstel (German) comes from German neun, from Old High German niun, from Proto-West Germanic neun, from Proto-Germanic newun, from Proto-Indo-European h₁néwn̥ — nine.

Neuntausendstel (German): nine-thousandth

Definitions

  1. nine-thousandth

Ancestry of “Neuntausendstel”, step by step

Neuntausendstel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German neun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanneunnine
2Old High Germanniunnine
3Proto-West Germanicneunnine
4Proto-Germanicnewunnine
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁néwn̥nine

via German tausendstel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantausendstelthousandth (thousandth part of)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁néwn̥Every word from Proto-Germanic newunEvery word from Proto-West Germanic neun