Where does “Steinzeitkeramik” come from?
Steinzeitkeramik (German) comes from German Steinzeit, 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 — to grow, nourish.
Steinzeitkeramik (German): Stone Age pottery, esp. Neolithic pottery
Definitions
- Stone Age pottery, esp. Neolithic pottery
Ancestry of “Steinzeitkeramik”, step by step
Steinzeitkeramik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Steinzeit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Steinzeit | Stone Age |
| 2 | German | Steinzeitalter | stone age |
| 3 | German | Zeitalter | age; era |
| 4 | German | alter | age, old age |
| 5 | German | Alt | alto; A type of beer, typical to the Rhineland... |
| 6 | Middle High German | alt | — |
| 7 | Old High German | alt | old |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | ald | old |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | aldaz | old, grown up |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eltós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | to grow, nourish |
via German Keramik
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Keramik | ceramic, pottery; ceramics |
| 2 | French | céramique | ceramic; ceramics |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κεραμικός | of clay; potter's |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |