Where does “Schaltsekunde” come from?
Schaltsekunde (German) comes from German Sekunde, from Latin secunda, from Latin secundus, from Latin sequor, from Proto-Italic sekʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European sékʷetor, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.
Schaltsekunde (German): leap second
Definitions
- leap second
Ancestry of “Schaltsekunde”, step by step
Schaltsekunde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Sekunde
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Sekunde | A unit of time; a second; A unit of angular... |
| 2 | Latin | secunda | inflection of secundus: ## feminine... |
| 3 | Latin | secundus | second, the ordinal number after prīmus and... |
| 4 | Latin | sequor | I follow, come or go after |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | sekʷōr | follow, come/go after |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sékʷetor | to be following |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |