Where does “Schwangerschaftstest” come from?

Schwangerschaftstest (German) comes from German test, from English Test, from German testen, from German Test, from English test, from Middle English teste, from Old French teste, from Latin testis — to stand.

Schwangerschaftstest (German): pregnancy test

Definitions

  1. pregnancy test

Ancestry of “Schwangerschaftstest”, step by step

Schwangerschaftstest traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German test

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantesttest
2EnglishTesta Test match
3Germantestento test
4GermanTesttest; melting pot
5EnglishtestA challenge, trial; A cupel or cupelling hearth...
6Middle Englishteste
7Old Frenchtestehead
8Latintestiswitness; one who testifies or attests; testicle
9Latinterstis
10Latintrīstissad, unhappy, melancholy, morose
11Proto-Indo-Europeantristh₂sa third party standing, after the two parties to...
12Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-to stand

via German Schwangerschaft

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchwangerschaftpregnancy
2German-schaft-ship, -hood
3Old High German-skaftship
4Proto-West Germanic-skapiForms nouns denoting state, originally meaning...
5Proto-Germanic-skapizForms nouns denoting state, originally meaning...
6Proto-Germanicskapjanąto make, to create; to shape
7Proto-Indo-Europeanskab-to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European steh₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European tristh₂sEvery word from Latin trīstis