Where does “Skelettretardierung” come from?

Skelettretardierung (German) comes from German Retardierung, from German -ung, from Middle High German -ung, from Old High German -unga, from Proto-Germanic -ungō — -ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs.".

Skelettretardierung (German): skeletal retardation

Definitions

  1. skeletal retardation

Ancestry of “Skelettretardierung”, step by step

Skelettretardierung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Retardierung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRetardierungretardation
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."

via German Skelett

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSkelettskeleton
2Ancient Greekσκελετόςdried up, withered; dried body, mummy; skeleton
3Ancient Greekσκελλώto dry, dry up, to make dry, to parch; dry, dry...
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kelh₁-to parch, wither
Every word from Proto-Germanic -ungō →Every word from German -ung →Every word from Old High German -unga →