Where does “Umkehrschluss” come from?

Umkehrschluss (German) comes from German umkehren, from Middle High German ummekēren, from Old High German umbikēren.

Umkehrschluss (German): converse inversion of an argument

Definitions

  1. converse inversion of an argument

Ancestry of “Umkehrschluss”, step by step

Umkehrschluss traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German umkehren

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanumkehrento turn around
2Middle High Germanummekēren—
3Old High Germanumbikēren—

via German Schluß

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchlußFormerly standard spelling of Schluss which was...
2Middle High Germansluz—
Every word from Old High German umbikēren →Every word from Middle High German ummekēren →Every word from German umkehren →