Where does “Selbstentzündungstemperatur” come from?
Selbstentzündungstemperatur (German) comes from German Selbstentzündung, from German Entzündung, from German entzünden, from German zünden, from Old High German zunden, from Old Norse tundr, from Proto-Germanic tundrą — tinder.
Selbstentzündungstemperatur (German): autoignition temperature
Definitions
- autoignition temperature
Ancestry of “Selbstentzündungstemperatur”, step by step
Selbstentzündungstemperatur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Selbstentzündung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Selbstentzündung | autoignition |
| 2 | German | Entzündung | inflammation |
| 3 | German | entzünden | to ignite, to inflame; to inflame |
| 4 | German | zünden | to kindle; to ignite a fire or any comparable... |
| 5 | Old High German | zunden | — |
| 6 | Old Norse | tundr | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tundrą | tinder |
via German Temperatur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Temperatur | temperature |
| 2 | Latin | temperatura | due or proper measure, proportion, composition or... |
| 3 | Latin | temperō | to divide duly, qualify, temper, moderate |
| 4 | Latin | tempus | time, period, age; season; kairos, right time,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tempos | stretch |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | temp- | to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to... |