Where does “Vervielfachung” come from?
Vervielfachung (German) comes from German vervielfachen, from German vielfach, from German viel, from Middle High German vil, from Old High German filu, from Proto-West Germanic *felu, from Proto-Germanic felu, from Proto-Germanic feluz — to fill.
Vervielfachung (German): multiplying
Definitions
- multiplying
Ancestry of “Vervielfachung”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | vervielfachen | to multiply; to multiply, to increase... |
| 2 | German | vielfach | multiple, manifold |
| 3 | German | viel | much, a lot; much, many |
| 4 | Middle High German | vil | — |
| 5 | Old High German | filu | many; much |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *felu | much, a lot |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | felu | much, a lot; a lot of; very |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | feluz | many; cruel, evil |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |