Where does “Umweltbelastung” come from?
Umweltbelastung (German) comes from German Umwelt, from German welt, from Middle High German werlt, from Old High German weralt, from Proto-West Germanic weraldi, from Proto-Germanic weraldiz, from Proto-Germanic weraz, from Proto-Indo-European wiHrós — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.
Umweltbelastung (German): ecological stress
Definitions
- ecological stress
Ancestry of “Umweltbelastung”, step by step
Umweltbelastung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Umwelt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Umwelt | environment; milieu; surroundings; environment;... |
| 2 | German | welt | world |
| 3 | Middle High German | werlt | world |
| 4 | Old High German | weralt | world |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | weraldi | world |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | weraldiz | lifetime, worldly existence; mankind; world |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | weraz | man; husband |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |
via German Belastung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Belastung | load, weight, pressure, strain; burden |
| 2 | German | belasten | to burden; to incriminate; to debit, to charge |
| 3 | German | last | second-person singular/plural preterite of lesen |
| 4 | Middle High German | last | — |
| 5 | Old High German | hlast | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hlastuz | load, burden, cargo, freight |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kleh₂- | to put; to lay out |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kelh₂- | to beat; to break |