Where does “Sonnenstrahlung” come from?
Sonnenstrahlung (German) comes from German Strahlung, from German Strahlen, from Middle High German strelen, strælen, from Middle Dutch strâlen, from Middle Dutch -en, from Old Dutch -en, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
Sonnenstrahlung (German): solar radiation
Definitions
- solar radiation
Ancestry of “Sonnenstrahlung”, step by step
Sonnenstrahlung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Strahlung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Strahlung | radiation, irradiation |
| 2 | German | Strahlen | plural of Strahl |
| 3 | Middle High German | strelen, strælen | — |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | strâlen | to shoot, to penetrate (originally with an arrow) |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | -en | The ending of the infinitive form of verbs, used... |
| 6 | Old Dutch | -en | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via German sonne
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | sonne | Contraction of so eine; Ungrammatical synonym of... |
| 2 | Middle High German | sunne | sun |
| 3 | Old High German | sunna | sun; an excuse; justification |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | sunnā | sun |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sunnǭ | the sun |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sh̥₂uén | sun; the Sun |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sóh₂wl̥ | sun |