Where does “Seelenwanderung” come from?

Seelenwanderung (German) comes from German seele, from Middle High German sēle, from Old High German sēla, from Proto-West Germanic saiwalu, from Proto-Germanic saiwalō, from Proto-Germanic saiwiz, from Proto-Germanic sīhwaną, from Proto-Indo-European seykʷ- — to be wet; dribble; run; to stretch one's arm;...

Seelenwanderung (German): reincarnation

Definitions

  1. reincarnation

Ancestry of “Seelenwanderung”, step by step

Seelenwanderung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German seele

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanseelesoul
2Middle High Germansēlesoul
3Old High Germansēlasoul
4Proto-West Germanicsaiwalusoul
5Proto-Germanicsaiwalōsoul, life force
6Proto-Germanicsaiwizsea, ocean
7Proto-Germanicsīhwanąto filter
8Proto-Indo-Europeanseykʷ-to moisten; to filter
9Proto-Indo-Europeansey-to be wet; dribble; run; to stretch one's arm;...

via German Wanderung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanWanderungjourney; walk, hike; migration
2German-ung-ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing...
3Middle High German-ung—
4Old High German-unga-ing
5Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European seykʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sīhwaną →