Where does “Sprachvarietät” come from?

Sprachvarietät (German) comes from Catalan varietat, from Latin varietās, from Latin varius, from Latin vārus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wer-, from Proto-Indo-European wēr-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

Sprachvarietät (German): variety

Definitions

  1. variety

Ancestry of “Sprachvarietät”, step by step

Sprachvarietät traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan varietat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanvarietatvariety
2Latinvarietāsdifference, diversity, variety
3Latinvariusdiverse, different, various, variegated
4Latinvārus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wer-to lift up; to moisten; to flow; to raise, hang
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwēr-true
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

via German sprāche

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansprāchelanguage body of words, and set of methods of combining them
2Middle High Germansprāche—
3Old High Germansprāhha—
4Proto-West Germanic*sprākuspeech, language
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wēr- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂wer- →