Where does “Viertaktmotor” come from?

Viertaktmotor (German) comes from German vier, from Middle High German vier, from Old High German fior, from Proto-West Germanic feuwar, from Proto-Germanic fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.

Viertaktmotor (German): four-stroke engine

Definitions

  1. four-stroke engine

Ancestry of “Viertaktmotor”, step by step

Viertaktmotor traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via German vier

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanvierfour
2Middle High Germanvier—
3Old High Germanfiorfour
4Proto-West Germanicfeuwarfour
5Proto-Germanicfedwōrfour
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

via German Takt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTakttact; time; bar, measure
2Frenchtacttact
3Latintāctustouched, having been touched, grasped, having been grasped
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via German motor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmotorengine mechanical device
2Latinmotormover; that which moves something; first-person...
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- →
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