Where does “Struktureinheit” come from?

Struktureinheit (German) comes from German Struktur, from Latin structūra, from Latin struō, from Proto-Italic strowō, from Proto-Indo-European strew-, from Proto-Indo-European sterh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.

Struktureinheit (German): structural unit; moiety

Definitions

  1. structural unit; moiety

Ancestry of “Struktureinheit”, step by step

Struktureinheit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Struktur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStrukturstructure
2Latinstructūrathe practice or process of building, construction
3Latinstruōto place one thing on top of another, to pile up, join together
4Proto-Italicstrowōpile up; construct, build
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstrew-to spread, to strew
6Proto-Indo-Europeansterh₃-to spread, extend, stretch out
7Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile

via German Einheit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanEinheitunit; unity
2Germaneinsone; one, one o'clock; Alternative form of eines:...
3Middle High Germaneines
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ster-Every word from Proto-Indo-European sterh₃-Every word from Proto-Indo-European strew-
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