Where does “Umwandlungspunkt” come from?
Umwandlungspunkt (German) comes from German Umwandlung, from German umwandeln, from German wandeln, from Old High German wantalōn, from Proto-West Germanic wandalōn, from Proto-West Germanic wandōn, from Proto-Germanic wandōną, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.
Umwandlungspunkt (German): point of transformation or transition
Definitions
- point of transformation or transition
Ancestry of “Umwandlungspunkt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Umwandlung | conversion; transformation, transmutation; change |
| 2 | German | umwandeln | To convert, change, commute; To transform,... |
| 3 | German | wandeln | to wander, to stroll; to walk; to transform,... |
| 4 | Old High German | wantalōn | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | wandalōn | to waver, change, fluctuate; to wander |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | wandōn | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | wandōną | to turn aside; veer; change |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wendʰ- | to wind, to turn |