Where does “Quantensprung” come from?

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

Quantensprung (German): quantum leap

Definitions

  1. quantum leap

Ancestry of “Quantensprung”, step by step

Quantensprung 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 sprung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansprungjump, leap
2Middle High Germansprung
3Old High Germansprungjump
4Proto-Germanicspringanąto spring, to jump up; to burst, to explode
5Proto-Indo-Europeanspr̥ǵʰ
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kʷíh₂onts