Where does “Nullstellensatz” come from?
Nullstellensatz (German) comes from German Satz, from Middle High German saz, from Middle High German setzen, from Old High German sezzen, from Proto-West Germanic *sattjan, from Proto-Germanic satjaną, from Proto-Indo-European sodéyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
Nullstellensatz (German): Nullstellensatz
Definitions
- Nullstellensatz
Ancestry of “Nullstellensatz”, step by step
Nullstellensatz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Satz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Satz | sentence; proposition, theorem; set |
| 2 | Middle High German | saz | — |
| 3 | Middle High German | setzen | to set, place down |
| 4 | Old High German | sezzen | to make sit, set, put |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *sattjan | to set, place |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | satjaną | to set, to place down |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sodéyeti | to set, to seat, to cause to sit |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
via German Nullstelle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Nullstelle | zero, root |
| 2 | German | Null | zero; failure, loser |
| 3 | German | Nulla | — |
| 4 | Italian | nulla | feminine singular of nullo; nothing, anything;... |
| 5 | Latin | nūlla | no |
| 6 | Latin | nūllus | no one, none, not any, nothing |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | oinos | cardinal number 1 Previous: n/a Next: *duō;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | óynos | one; single |