Where does “Sekundenschnelle” come from?
Sekundenschnelle (German) comes from German Schnelle, from German -e, from German Du, from Middle High German dū, from Old High German dū, from Proto-West Germanic þū, from Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.
Sekundenschnelle (German): velocity of passing seconds
Definitions
- velocity of passing seconds
Ancestry of “Sekundenschnelle”, step by step
Sekundenschnelle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Schnelle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Schnelle | speed, velocity |
| 2 | German | -e | stark + API → Stärke; used to form the plural of... |
| 3 | German | Du | Alternative letter-case form of du; literally:... |
| 4 | Middle High German | dū | you thou, singular familiar |
| 5 | Old High German | dū | thou, you second-person singular pronoun |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | þū | you |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *þū | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | túh₂ | you, thou |
via German Sekunde
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Sekunde | A unit of time; a second; A unit of angular... |
| 2 | Latin | secunda | inflection of secundus: ## feminine... |
| 3 | Latin | secundus | second, the ordinal number after prīmus and... |
| 4 | Latin | sequor | I follow, come or go after |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | sekʷōr | follow, come/go after |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sékʷetor | to be following |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |