Where does “Speicherdauer” come from?
Speicherdauer (German) comes from German speichern, from German Speicher, from Middle High German spīcher, from Old High German spīhhāri, from Proto-West Germanic spīkārī, from Latin spicarium, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um.
Speicherdauer (German): storage period
Definitions
- storage period
Ancestry of “Speicherdauer”, step by step
Speicherdauer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German speichern
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | speichern | to store, save keep safe for future use |
| 2 | German | Speicher | granary; storage room in the attic; memory |
| 3 | Middle High German | spīcher | — |
| 4 | Old High German | spīhhāri | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | spīkārī | granary |
| 6 | Latin | spicarium | granary |
| 7 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 8 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |
via German dauer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | dauer | inflection of dauern: ## first-person singular... |
| 2 | German | dauern | to last, to continue, to persist; to last, to be... |
| 3 | Middle High German | dūren | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | dūren | — |
| 5 | Old French | durer | to last |
| 6 | Latin | dūrō | to harden, make hard |
| 7 | Latin | dūrus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | dūros | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | duh₂-ró-s | long, far |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dweh₂- | far; long |