Where does “Tiefdruck” come from?

Tiefdruck (German) comes from German Druck, from German drücken, from Middle High German drücken, from Old High German drucchen, from Proto-West Germanic þrukkijan, from Proto-Germanic þrukkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine — boundary, end.

Tiefdruck (German): low (air) pressure

Definitions

  1. low (air) pressure

Ancestry of “Tiefdruck”, step by step

Tiefdruck traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Druck

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanDruckpressure; print
2Germandrückento press; to push; to squeeze; to hug; to shirk;...
3Middle High Germandrücken
4Old High Germandrucchento press
5Proto-West Germanicþrukkijanto press
6Proto-Germanicþrukkijanąto press on; to crowd
7Proto-Indo-Europeanter-tender, weak; young creature
8Italiantermineend, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word
9Latinterminusa boundary, limit, end
10Proto-Italictermenos
11Proto-Indo-Europeantérmn̥boundary, end

via German tief

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantiefdeep; low
2Middle High Germantief
3Old High Germantiufdeep
4Proto-West Germanicdeupdeep
5Proto-Albaniandeupacradle, deposit
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewp-Alternative form of *dʰewbʰ-; deep
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European térmn̥Every word from Proto-Italic termenosEvery word from Proto-Indo-European ter-