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Where does “Punktschweißen” come from?

Punktschweißen (German) comes from German schweißen, from Middle High German sweizen, from Old High German sweizen, from Proto-Germanic swaitijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

Punktschweißen (German): spot welding

Definitions

  1. spot welding

Ancestry of “Punktschweißen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschweißento weld; to sweat; to bleed
2Middle High Germansweizento sweat, bleed
3Old High Germansweizento roast
4Proto-Germanicswaitijanąto sweat
5Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
6Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
8Chichewaiyehe, she
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