Where does “Taucherkrankheit” come from?
Taucherkrankheit (German) comes from German Krankheit, from Middle High German krancheit, from Middle High German kranc, from Old High German krank, from Proto-West Germanic krank, from Proto-Germanic krankaz, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
Taucherkrankheit (German): decompression sickness
Definitions
- decompression sickness
Ancestry of “Taucherkrankheit”, step by step
Taucherkrankheit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Krankheit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Krankheit | sickness, illness; disease |
| 2 | Middle High German | krancheit | sickness, illness, infirmity |
| 3 | Middle High German | kranc | — |
| 4 | Old High German | krank | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | krank | weak, sick |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | krankaz | bent; crooked; weak |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
via German taucher
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | taucher | diver someone who dives, especially as a sport; someone who works underwater |
| 2 | German | tauchen | to dive; to bathe |
| 3 | Middle High German | tūchen | to dive, to duck, to submerge, to become submerged |
| 4 | Old High German | tūhhan | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | dūkan | to duck, to dive under |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | dūkaną | to duck, to dive under |