Where does “Teilchengröße” come from?

Teilchengröße (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.

Teilchengröße (German): particle size

Definitions

  1. particle size

Ancestry of “Teilchengröße”, step by step

Teilchengröße 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 Größe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGrößesize; greatness; quantity
2Middle High Germangrœze
3Old High Germangrōzīsize
4Proto-Germanicgrautį̄greatness; largeness; size
5Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
6Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
7Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl-Every word from Proto-Germanic dailizEvery word from Proto-West Germanic daili