Where does “Schwimmerventil” come from?
Schwimmerventil (German) comes from German Ventil, from Latin ventilō, from Latin ventus, from Proto-Italic wentos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wéh₁n̥ts, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wḗh₁ti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂weh₁- — to blow.
Schwimmerventil (German): ballcock
Definitions
- ballcock
Ancestry of “Schwimmerventil”, step by step
Schwimmerventil traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Ventil
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Ventil | valve |
| 2 | Latin | ventilō | to toss, swing, brandish in the air |
| 3 | Latin | ventus | a wind; arrival |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | wentos | wind |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wéh₁n̥ts | blowing; that which blows; the wind, air |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wḗh₁ti | to blow |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weh₁- | to blow |
via German Schwimmer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Schwimmer | agent noun of schwimmen |
| 2 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 3 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |