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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

  1. point of transformation or transition

Ancestry of “Umwandlungspunkt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanUmwandlungconversion; transformation, transmutation; change
2GermanumwandelnTo convert, change, commute; To transform,...
3Germanwandelnto wander, to stroll; to walk; to transform,...
4Old High Germanwantalōn—
5Proto-West Germanicwandalōnto waver, change, fluctuate; to wander
6Proto-West Germanicwandōn—
7Proto-Germanicwandōnąto turn aside; veer; change
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn
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