Where does “Scherspannung” come from?

Scherspannung (German) comes from German Spannung, from German -ung, from Middle High German -ung, from Old High German -unga, from Proto-Germanic -ungō — -ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs.".

Scherspannung (German): shear stress

Definitions

  1. shear stress

Ancestry of “Scherspannung”, step by step

Scherspannung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Spannung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSpannungvoltage; tension; suspense
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."

via German scheren

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanscherento shear; to clip; to prune; to cut; to trim
2Middle High Germanschern—
3Old High Germanskeranto shear; to shave
4Proto-Germanicskeranąto shear
5Proto-Indo-Europeansḱer-to caw, crow
Every word from Proto-Germanic -ungō →