Where does “Selenunterversorgung” come from?

Selenunterversorgung (German) comes from German Unterversorgung, from German Versorgung, from German versorgen, from German sorgēn, from Middle High German sorgen, from Old High German sorgēn, from Proto-West Germanic sorgēn, from Proto-Germanic surgāną — to watch over, worry; be ill, suffer; watch over,...

Selenunterversorgung (German): selenium deficiency

Definitions

  1. selenium deficiency

Ancestry of “Selenunterversorgung”, step by step

Selenunterversorgung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Unterversorgung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanUnterversorgungundersupply; deficiency
2GermanVersorgungsupply; care, treatment, accommodation
3Germanversorgento look after; to treat; to supply
4Germansorgēnto take care of, to care for, to look after
5Middle High Germansorgen
6Old High Germansorgēn
7Proto-West Germanicsorgēnto worry, to be sad
8Proto-Germanicsurgānąto worry, be concerned
9Proto-Indo-Europeanswergʰ-to watch over, worry; be ill, suffer; watch over,...

via German Selen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSelenselenium
2Frenchséléniumselenium
3Ancient Greekσελήνηmoon; month; a moon-shaped cake
4Ancient GreekΣέλαςlight, brightness, the bright flame or blaze of fire
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swergʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic surgānąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic sorgēn