Where does “Tierernährung” come from?
Tierernährung (German) comes from German Ernährung, from German ernähren, from German er-, from Middle High German er-, from Old High German ir-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz-, from Proto-Indo-European uss- — out, outward.
Tierernährung (German): animal nutrition
Definitions
- animal nutrition
Ancestry of “Tierernährung”, step by step
Tierernährung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Ernährung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Ernährung | nutrition |
| 2 | German | ernähren | to nourish, to feed |
| 3 | German | er- | Inseparable verbal prefix that indicates a... |
| 4 | Middle High German | er- | — |
| 5 | Old High German | ir- | thoroughly |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | uʀ- | out, over; off, away |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | uz- | up, out |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | uss- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | uds- | up, out |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |
via German Tier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Tier | animal; A person who has a quality thought of as... |
| 2 | Middle High German | tier | — |
| 3 | Old High German | tior | animal |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | deuʀ | animal, beast |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | deuzą | animal, beast |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewsóm | living thing |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéws | breath |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰwes- | to breathe; breath; spirit, soul > creature |