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
- 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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Null | zero; failure, loser |
| 2 | German | Nulla | — |
| 3 | Italian | nulla | feminine singular of nullo; nothing, anything;... |
| 4 | Latin | nūlla | no |
| 5 | Latin | nūllus | no one, none, not any, nothing |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | oinos | cardinal number 1 Previous: n/a Next: *duō;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | óynos | one; single |
via German Diät
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Diät | diet |
| 2 | Latin | diaeta | diet, regimen; house, dwelling; diet, assembly |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | δίαιτα | way of living, way of life, mode of life,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -μᾰ | "suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |