Where does “Nuklearanlage” come from?

Nuklearanlage (German) comes from German Anlage, from German anlegen, from German an, from Middle High German āne, from Old High German āna, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic ana — on, onto.

Nuklearanlage (German): nuclear plant

Definitions

  1. nuclear plant

Ancestry of “Nuklearanlage”, step by step

Nuklearanlage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Anlage

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAnlagepublic green area, site, park, garden; plant,...
2Germananlegento create; to put on; to start a fight with
3Germananon; upon; at; in; against; by; near; close to;...
4Middle High Germanānewithout
5Old High Germanānawithout
6Proto-West Germanicanaon
7Proto-Germanic*an
8Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via German nuklear

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germannuklearnuclear
2Spanishnuclearnuclear; to join up; to unite
3Spanishnúcleonucleus
4Latinnū̆cleus(small) nut
5Latinnuculeapertaining to a small nut
6Latin-eusargentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →...
7Ancient Greek-εῖοςForms adjectives, usually with a meaning of "of"...
8Proto-Indo-European-iHwós
9Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-