Where does “Schwestermodell” come from?

Schwestermodell (German) comes from German Modell, from Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin modellus, from Latin modulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

Schwestermodell (German): a model that has the same basis as another

Definitions

  1. a model that has the same basis as another

Ancestry of “Schwestermodell”, step by step

Schwestermodell traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Modell

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanModellA model of an object; A theoretical model
2Italianmodellomodel; mould, mold; pattern
3Vulgar Latinmodellus
4Latinmodulusa small measure or interval; a module; a water...
5Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
6Proto-Italic-olos
7Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
8Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
9Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via German schwester

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschwestersister
2Middle High Germanswëster
3Old High Germanswestersister
4Proto-West Germanic*swestersister
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ulusEvery word from Latin modulus