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Where does “Querschnitt” come from?

Querschnitt (German) comes from German schnitt, from Middle High German snit, from Old High German snit, from Proto-West Germanic *snid, from Proto-Germanic *snidaz.

Querschnitt (German): profile; cross section

Definitions

  1. profile; cross section

Ancestry of “Querschnitt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschnittfirst/third-person singular preterite of...
2Middle High Germansnit—
3Old High Germansnit—
4Proto-West Germanic*snid—
5Proto-Germanic*snidaz—

Words derived from “Querschnitt”

  • Wirkungsquerschnitt
  • Einfangquerschnitt
Every word from Proto-Germanic *snidaz →