Where does “Pflegeheim” come from?
Pflegeheim (German) comes from German Heim, from Middle High German heim, from Old High German heim, from Proto-West Germanic haim, from Proto-Germanic haimaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóymos, from Proto-Indo-European ḱey- — to be lying down; to settle.
Pflegeheim (German): care home, nursing home
Definitions
- care home, nursing home
Ancestry of “Pflegeheim”, step by step
Pflegeheim traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Heim
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Heim | home; hostel; asylum |
| 2 | Middle High German | heim | home, house |
| 3 | Old High German | heim | village, home; home; dwelling, house |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | haim | home |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | haimaz | home; house; village |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóymos | of the home, belonging to the family; village,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱey- | to be lying down; to settle |
via German pflege
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | pflege | inflection of pflegen: ## first-person singular... |
| 2 | Middle High German | pflege | — |
| 3 | Old High German | pflega | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | plegō | care; an exercise; a game |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -ō | Creates adverbs from adjectives; Creates agent... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ô | -ly; Forms agent nouns, often from the zero-grade... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |