Where does “Reifungsretardierung” come from?

Reifungsretardierung (German) comes from German Reifung, from German reifen, from German -en, from Middle High German -en, from Old High German -īn, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

Reifungsretardierung (German): maturation retardation

Definitions

  1. maturation retardation

Ancestry of “Reifungsretardierung”, step by step

Reifungsretardierung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Reifung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanReifungripening, maturation
2Germanreifento ripen; to frost
3German-enA suffix of verbs in their infinitive form; A...
4Middle High German-en
5Old High German-īn
6Proto-Germanic-īnaz-en
7Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
8Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

via German Retardierung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRetardierungretardation
2German-ung-ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing...
3Middle High German-ung
4Old High German-unga-ing
5Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no-Every word from German -enEvery word from Proto-Germanic -īnaz