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
- disconnector
Ancestry of “Trennschalter”, step by step
Trennschalter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German trennen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | trennen | to separate, sever, part, disunite, uncouple,... |
| 2 | Middle High German | trennen | — |
| 3 | Old High German | trennen | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *trannijan | to cause to separate |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | trannijaną | to cause to separate; to divide; separate |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | trinnaną | to separate oneself |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | der- | to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to... |
via German Schalter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Schalter | agent noun of schalten |
| 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) |