Where does “Verlangsamung” come from?

Verlangsamung (German) comes from German verlangsamen, from German langsam, from Middle High German lancsam, from Old High German lancsam, from Proto-West Germanic langasam, from Proto-West Germanic lang, from Proto-Germanic langaz, from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos — long.

Verlangsamung (German): slowdown; deceleration, retardation

Definitions

  1. slowdown; deceleration, retardation

Ancestry of “Verlangsamung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanverlangsamento slow down
2Germanlangsamslow; slowly
3Middle High Germanlancsam—
4Old High Germanlancsam—
5Proto-West Germaniclangasamlengthy; drawn-out, long-lasting, extended,...
6Proto-West Germaniclanglong
7Proto-Germaniclangazlong
8Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong

Words derived from “Verlangsamung”

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