Where does “Sedimentschicht” come from?
Sedimentschicht (German) comes from German schicht, from Middle High German schiht, from Middle Low German schicht, from Middle Low German schichten, from Old Saxon skiftian, from Proto-Germanic skiftijaną, from Proto-Germanic skipatjaną, from Proto-Indo-European skēyb- — to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,...
Sedimentschicht (German): layer of sediment
Definitions
- layer of sediment
Ancestry of “Sedimentschicht”, step by step
Sedimentschicht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German schicht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | schicht | layer, stratum, seam |
| 2 | Middle High German | schiht | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | schicht | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | schichten | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | skiftian | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skiftijaną | To put in order; organise; arrange |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | skipatjaną | to organise, put in order |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | skēyb- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱēy- | to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,... |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | skaidą | separation, distinction |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | skÁit- | to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,... |
via German Sediment
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Sediment | sediment |
| 2 | Latin | sedimentum | A settling, sinking down, subsidence |
| 3 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 4 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |