Where does “Ruhepotential” come from?
Ruhepotential (German) comes from German Potential, from German Potenzial, from Latin potentialis, from Latin Potentia, from Latin potēns, from Latin posse, from Latin potis, from Proto-Italic potis — to drink.
Ruhepotential (German): resting potential
Definitions
- resting potential
Ancestry of “Ruhepotential”, step by step
Ruhepotential traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Potential
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Potential | Alternative spelling of Potenzial; potential |
| 2 | German | Potenzial | potential |
| 3 | Latin | potentialis | force, power |
| 4 | Latin | Potentia | situated in the valley of the Casuentus, now Potenza |
| 5 | Latin | potēns | being able (to), able; potent, mighty, strong, powerful |
| 6 | Latin | posse | present active infinitive of possum "to be able... |
| 7 | Latin | potis | able, capable, possible |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | potis | master, in control of |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pótis | master, ruler; husband |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ph₃tis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₃- | to drink |
via German rūhe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | rūhe | calm, relative quietness absence of loud sounds |
| 2 | Middle High German | ruo | — |
| 3 | Old High German | ruowa | peace, quiet, rest |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | rōu | calm, quiet; rest, repose |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *rōō | calm, quiet |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁reh₁- | to row; to separate; loose, sparse, rare |