Where does “Teilchendetektor” come from?

Teilchendetektor (German) comes from German Teilchen, from German Teil, from Middle High German teil, from Old High German teil, from Proto-West Germanic daili, from Proto-Germanic dailiz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl- — part, watershed.

Teilchendetektor (German): particle detector

Definitions

  1. particle detector

Ancestry of “Teilchendetektor”, step by step

Teilchendetektor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Teilchen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTeilchenparticle; bun
2GermanTeilpart, piece; fraction of a whole; thing
3Middle High Germanteil
4Old High Germanteil
5Proto-West Germanicdailipart
6Proto-Germanicdailizpart, portion, deal
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰayl-part, watershed

via German Detektor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanDetektordetector
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl-Every word from Proto-Germanic dailizEvery word from Proto-West Germanic daili