Where does “Vierzigtausendstel” come from?

Vierzigtausendstel (German) comes from German vierzig, from Middle High German vierzic, from Old High German fiorzug, from Proto-Germanic fedwōr tigiwiz — forty.

Vierzigtausendstel (German): forty-thousandth

Definitions

  1. forty-thousandth

Ancestry of “Vierzigtausendstel”, step by step

Vierzigtausendstel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German vierzig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanvierzigforty
2Middle High Germanvierzic—
3Old High Germanfiorzug—
4Proto-Germanicfedwōr tigiwizforty

via German tausendstel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantausendstelthousandth (thousandth part of)
Every word from Proto-Germanic fedwōr tigiwiz →Every word from Old High German fiorzug →Every word from Middle High German vierzic →