Where does “Prüfsumme” come from?
Prüfsumme (German) comes from German prüfen, from Latin probāre, from Latin probō, from Latin Probus, from Proto-Indo-European pro-bhwo-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por-, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
Prüfsumme (German): checksum
Definitions
- checksum
Ancestry of “Prüfsumme”, step by step
Prüfsumme traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German prüfen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | prüfen | to examine |
| 2 | Latin | probāre | — |
| 3 | Latin | probō | to approve, permit, commend |
| 4 | Latin | Probus | good, serviceable, excellent, superior, able |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pro-bhwo- | being in front, prominent |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via German summe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | summe | inflection of summen: ## first-person singular... |
| 2 | Latin | summa | top, summit, highest point or place; the... |
| 3 | Latin | summus | highest, greatest, the most high; top, on top |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | supemos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)úp-m̥mo-s | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |