Where does “Steinzeit” come from?
Steinzeit (German) comes from German Steinzeitalter, from German Zeitalter, from German alter, from German Alt, from Middle High German alt, from Old High German alt, from Proto-West Germanic ald, from Proto-Germanic aldaz — to grow, nourish.
Steinzeit (German): Stone Age
Definitions
- Stone Age
Ancestry of “Steinzeit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Steinzeitalter | stone age |
| 2 | German | Zeitalter | age; era |
| 3 | German | alter | age, old age |
| 4 | German | Alt | alto; A type of beer, typical to the Rhineland... |
| 5 | Middle High German | alt | — |
| 6 | Old High German | alt | old |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | ald | old |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | aldaz | old, grown up |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eltós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | to grow, nourish |