Where does “Trennstrich” come from?
Trennstrich (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...
Trennstrich (German): hyphen (symbol used to indicate a word has been split)
Definitions
- hyphen (symbol used to indicate a word has been split)
Ancestry of “Trennstrich”, step by step
Trennstrich 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 strich
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | strich | first/third-person singular preterite of... |
| 2 | Middle High German | strich | — |
| 3 | Old High German | strih | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *striki | line |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | strikiz | line |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | streyg- | to strike; to shear |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ter- | strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to... |