Where does “Unterabschnitt” come from?

Unterabschnitt (German) comes from German Unter, from Middle High German under, from Old High German untar, from Proto-Germanic under, from Proto-Indo-European h₁entér, from Proto-Indo-European h₁en — in; in, inside.

Unterabschnitt (German): subsection

Definitions

  1. subsection

Ancestry of “Unterabschnitt”, step by step

Unterabschnitt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Unter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanUnterjack, knave
2Middle High Germanunder
3Old High Germanuntarunder
4Proto-Germanicunderamong, between; under, beneath; under
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁entérbetween
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁enin; in, inside

via German Abschnitt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAbschnittsection; paragraph; segment
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁en