Where does “Trennschalter” come from?

Trennschalter (German) comes from German trennen, from Middle High German trennen, from Old High German trennen, from Proto-West Germanic *trannijan, from Proto-Germanic trannijaną, from Proto-Germanic trinnaną, from Proto-Indo-European der- — to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to...

Trennschalter (German): disconnector

Definitions

  1. disconnector

Ancestry of “Trennschalter”, step by step

Trennschalter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German trennen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantrennento separate, sever, part, disunite, uncouple,...
2Middle High Germantrennen
3Old High Germantrennen
4Proto-West Germanic*trannijanto cause to separate
5Proto-Germanictrannijanąto cause to separate; to divide; separate
6Proto-Germanictrinnanąto separate oneself
7Proto-Indo-Europeander-to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to...

via German Schalter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchalteragent noun of schalten
2German-erForms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to...
3Old High German-āriused to form agent nouns
4Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
5Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
6Latin-āriuser
7Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European der-Every word from Proto-Germanic trinnanąEvery word from Proto-Germanic trannijaną