Where does “Vokalabstufung” come from?
Vokalabstufung (German) comes from German Abstufung, from German abstufen, from German stufen, from German Stufe, from Italian stufa, from Italian stufare, from Medieval Latin stupha, from Ancient Greek τῦφος — scatter like dust.
Vokalabstufung (German): vowel gradation, ablaut
Definitions
- vowel gradation, ablaut
Ancestry of “Vokalabstufung”, step by step
Vokalabstufung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Abstufung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Abstufung | gradation |
| 2 | German | abstufen | to divide; to set in layers |
| 3 | German | stufen | to subdivide; to arrange in layers |
| 4 | German | Stufe | step, tread; degree, stage, level, rank, phase;... |
| 5 | Italian | stufa | feminine singular of stufo; stove; third-person... |
| 6 | Italian | stufare | to stew; to bore or weary |
| 7 | Medieval Latin | stupha | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | τῦφος | a kind of fever; delusion, vanity; nonsense |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | τύφω | to smoke, fill with smoke; to consume in smoke |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dhubh- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dheu- | scatter like dust |
via German Vokal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Vokal | vowel |