Where does “Richtungsvektor” come from?

Richtungsvektor (German) comes from German Richtung, from German richten, from Middle High German richten, from Old High German rihten, from Proto-West Germanic rihtijan, from Proto-Germanic rihtijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.

Richtungsvektor (German): direction vector

Definitions

  1. direction vector

Ancestry of “Richtungsvektor”, step by step

Richtungsvektor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Richtung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRichtungdirection; route or way; departure
2Germanrichtento direct, to point; to fix, to rectify, to put...
3Middle High Germanrichten
4Old High Germanrihten
5Proto-West Germanicrihtijanto straighten to set straight; to align, to...
6Proto-Germanicrihtijanąto straighten, to set straight; to align, to...
7Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
8Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
10Chichewaiyehe, she

via German Vektor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanVektorvector
2Latinvectorbearer, carrier; passenger; first-person singular...
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s
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