Where does “Querschnittlähmung” come from?
Querschnittlähmung (German) comes from German Lähmung, from German lähmen, from Middle High German lemen, from Old High German lemmen, from Proto-Germanic lamjaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
Querschnittlähmung (German): paraplegia
Definitions
- paraplegia
Ancestry of “Querschnittlähmung”, step by step
Querschnittlähmung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Lähmung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Lähmung | paralysis |
| 2 | German | lähmen | to paralyze |
| 3 | Middle High German | lemen | — |
| 4 | Old High German | lemmen | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lamjaną | to bash, hit; to lame, cripple |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |