Where does “Notbeleuchtung” come from?

Notbeleuchtung (German) comes from German Beleuchtung, from German -ung, from Middle High German -ung, from Old High German -unga, from Proto-Germanic -ungō — -ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs.".

Notbeleuchtung (German): emergency lighting

Definitions

  1. emergency lighting

Ancestry of “Notbeleuchtung”, step by step

Notbeleuchtung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Beleuchtung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBeleuchtunglighting, illumination
2German-ung-ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing...
3Middle High German-ung
4Old High German-unga-ing
5Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."

via German nōt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germannōtneed, imminence
2Middle High Germannōt
3Old High Germannōtcontrol (by violence), compulsion, coercion, extortion
4Proto-West Germanic*naudiforce, compulsion
5Proto-Germanicnaudizneed; trouble, distress; compulsion, force
Every word from Proto-Germanic -ungōEvery word from German -ungEvery word from Old High German -unga