Where does “Raumfahrtwissenschaft” come from?
Raumfahrtwissenschaft (German) comes from German Wissenschaft, from German Wissen, from German wissen, from German Besserwisser, from German besser, from Middle High German beȥȥer, from Old High German beȥȥiro, from Proto-West Germanic *batiʀō — to join; to unite; to suit.
Raumfahrtwissenschaft (German): space science
Definitions
- space science
Ancestry of “Raumfahrtwissenschaft”, step by step
Raumfahrtwissenschaft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Wissenschaft
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Wissenschaft | science; academia, scholarship; academia,... |
| 2 | German | Wissen | knowledge |
| 3 | German | wissen | to know; to be aware of; to remember |
| 4 | German | Besserwisser | know-it-all, wiseguy, wiseacre, smart aleck |
| 5 | German | besser | comparative degree of gut; better; inflection of... |
| 6 | Middle High German | beȥȥer | — |
| 7 | Old High German | beȥȥiro | better |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | *batiʀō | better |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | batizô | comparative degree of *gōdaz; comparative degree... |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | gōdaz | good |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | gadaną | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰedʰ- | to join; to unite; to suit |
via German Raumfahrt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Raumfahrt | space flight, going into space |
| 2 | German | fahren | to locomote forth in an accelerated speed; to go;... |
| 3 | Middle High German | varn | to fare, to go |
| 4 | Old High German | faran | to proceed |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | faran | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | faraną | to go, to travel |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |