Where does “Reizüberflutung” come from?
Reizüberflutung (German) comes from German Überflutung, from German überfluten, from German fluten, from Proto-Germanic flōdijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
Reizüberflutung (German): sensory overload
Definitions
- sensory overload
Ancestry of “Reizüberflutung”, step by step
Reizüberflutung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Überflutung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Überflutung | flooding, overload |
| 2 | German | überfluten | to flood |
| 3 | German | fluten | to flood |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | flōdijaną | to flood |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via German Reiz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Reiz | stimulus; charm, appeal |
| 2 | German | reizen | to irritate; to excite; to tease, tantalize |
| 3 | Middle High German | reizen | — |
| 4 | Old High German | reiʒen | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *raitijaną | to stir, to irritate |