Where does “Reifendruck” come from?

Reifendruck (German) comes from German Druck, from German drücken, from Middle High German drücken, from Old High German drucchen, from Proto-West Germanic þrukkijan, from Proto-Germanic þrukkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine — boundary, end.

Reifendruck (German): tire pressure

Definitions

  1. tire pressure

Ancestry of “Reifendruck”, step by step

Reifendruck traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Druck

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanDruckpressure; print
2Germandrückento press; to push; to squeeze; to hug; to shirk;...
3Middle High Germandrücken
4Old High Germandrucchento press
5Proto-West Germanicþrukkijanto press
6Proto-Germanicþrukkijanąto press on; to crowd
7Proto-Indo-Europeanter-tender, weak; young creature
8Italiantermineend, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word
9Latinterminusa boundary, limit, end
10Proto-Italictermenos
11Proto-Indo-Europeantérmn̥boundary, end

via German reifen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanreifento ripen; to frost
2German-enA suffix of verbs in their infinitive form; A...
3Middle High German-en
4Old High German-īn
5Proto-Germanic-īnaz-en
6Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
7Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European térmn̥Every word from Proto-Italic termenosEvery word from Proto-Indo-European ter-