Where does “Trägerwelle” come from?
Trägerwelle (German) comes from German Träger, from German -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
Trägerwelle (German): carrier wave
Definitions
- carrier wave
Ancestry of “Trägerwelle”, step by step
Trägerwelle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Träger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Träger | agent noun of tragen; carrier, support; girder,... |
| 2 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 3 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |
via German welle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | welle | inflection of wellen: ## first-person singular... |
| 2 | Middle High German | wëlle | — |
| 3 | Old High German | wella | source |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | wallan | to well up, spring out, bubble forth |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | wallaną | to well up, spring out, bubble forth |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wēlH- | to roll, to undulate |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | welH- | to turn, to wind |