Where does “Versteinerung” come from?
Versteinerung (German) comes from German versteinern, from German steinern, from German stein, from Middle High German stein, from Old High German stein, from Proto-West Germanic stain, from Proto-Germanic stainaz, from Proto-Indo-European steyh₂- — to stand.
Versteinerung (German): petrification; petrifaction
Definitions
- petrification; petrifaction
Ancestry of “Versteinerung”, step by step