Where does “Quantenfluktuation” come from?

Quantenfluktuation (German) comes from German Quant, from Latin quantum, from Latin quantus, from Proto-Italic *kʷijentos, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷíh₂onts.

Quantenfluktuation (German): quantum fluctuation

Definitions

  1. quantum fluctuation

Ancestry of “Quantenfluktuation”, step by step

Quantenfluktuation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Quant

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanQuantquantum
2Latinquantumnominative neuter singular of quantus; accusative...
3Latinquantushow much, how many; how big
4Proto-Italic*kʷijentos—
5Proto-Indo-European*kʷíh₂onts—

via German Fluktuation

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFluktuationfluctuation
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kʷíh₂onts →Every word from Proto-Italic *kʷijentos →Every word from Latin quantus →