Where does “Nulldiät” come from?

Nulldiät (German) comes from German Null, from German Nulla, from Italian nulla, from Latin nūlla, from Latin nūllus, from Proto-Italic oinos, from Proto-Indo-European óynos — one; single.

Nulldiät (German): starvation diet i.e. not eating anything

Definitions

  1. starvation diet i.e. not eating anything

Ancestry of “Nulldiät”, step by step

Nulldiät traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Null

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanNullzero; failure, loser
2GermanNulla
3Italiannullafeminine singular of nullo; nothing, anything;...
4Latinnūllano
5Latinnūllusno one, none, not any, nothing
6Proto-Italicoinoscardinal number 1 Previous: n/a Next: *duō;...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single

via German Diät

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanDiätdiet
2Latindiaetadiet, regimen; house, dwelling; diet, assembly
3Ancient Greekδίαιταway of living, way of life, mode of life,...
4Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
5Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European óynos