Where does “Unkrautvernichtungsmittel” come from?
Unkrautvernichtungsmittel (German) comes from German Unkrautvernichtung, from German Vernichtung, from German vernichten, from Middle High German vernihten, from Middle High German nihten, from Middle High German niht, from Old High German niwiht, from Old High German nio — vital force, life, age, eternity; day, morning.
Unkrautvernichtungsmittel (German): weedkiller
Definitions
- weedkiller
Ancestry of “Unkrautvernichtungsmittel”, step by step
Unkrautvernichtungsmittel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Unkrautvernichtung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Unkrautvernichtung | weed control |
| 2 | German | Vernichtung | destruction; annihilation, extinction |
| 3 | German | vernichten | to destroy; to ruin; to wreck; to annihilate; to... |
| 4 | Middle High German | vernihten | — |
| 5 | Middle High German | nihten | — |
| 6 | Middle High German | niht | not |
| 7 | Old High German | niwiht | — |
| 8 | Old High German | nio | never |
| 9 | Old High German | io | always |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | aiw | long time, age, eternity; law |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | aiwaz | long time, age, eternity |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eyu- | vitality; eternal; vital force, life, long life,... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ey- | vital force, life, age, eternity; day, morning |
via German mittel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | mittel | middle, in the middle; average, middling |
| 2 | Middle High German | mittel | — |
| 3 | Old High German | mittil | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | midlą | middle |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | midjō | middle, midst |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | médʰyos | middle |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | medʰi- | with, among; with, along |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | me | in the middle of, near, by, around, with |