Where does “Spannungsstoß” come from?

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

Spannungsstoß (German): power spike, power surge

Definitions

  1. power spike, power surge

Ancestry of “Spannungsstoß”, step by step

Spannungsstoß traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Spannung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSpannungvoltage; tension; suspense
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 Stoß

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStoßpush; the rectrices
2Old High Germanstoz
Every word from Proto-Germanic -ungō
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