Where does “Spannungswandler” come from?

Spannungswandler (German) comes from German Wandler, from German -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

Spannungswandler (German): voltage transformer, potential transformer

Definitions

  1. voltage transformer, potential transformer

Ancestry of “Spannungswandler”, step by step

Spannungswandler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Wandler

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanWandlertransducer
2German-erForms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to...
3Old High German-āriused to form agent nouns
4Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
5Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
6Latin-āriuser
7Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

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."
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