Where does “Sechzigtausendstel” come from?

Sechzigtausendstel (German) comes from German sechzig, from Middle High German sehzec, from Old High German sehszug, from Proto-Germanic sehs tigiwiz — sixty.

Sechzigtausendstel (German): sixty-thousandth

Definitions

  1. sixty-thousandth

Ancestry of “Sechzigtausendstel”, step by step

Sechzigtausendstel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German sechzig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansechzigsixty
2Middle High Germansehzec
3Old High Germansehszug
4Proto-Germanicsehs tigiwizsixty

via German tausendstel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantausendstelthousandth (thousandth part of)
Every word from Proto-Germanic sehs tigiwiz