Where does “Vierteljahrtausend” come from?
Vierteljahrtausend (German) comes from German Jahrtausend, from German jahr, from German -jährig, from German -ig, from Middle High German -ic, from Old High German -ig, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz — -y, -ic.
Vierteljahrtausend (German): quarter millenium, 250 years
Definitions
- quarter millenium, 250 years
Ancestry of “Vierteljahrtausend”, step by step
Vierteljahrtausend traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Jahrtausend
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Jahrtausend | millennium |
| 2 | German | jahr | year solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one orbit of the Sun |
| 3 | German | -jährig | years old; years lasting |
| 4 | German | -ig | -y; forms adjectives from nouns; forms adjectives... |
| 5 | Middle High German | -ic | — |
| 6 | Old High German | -ig | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |