Where does “Wärmewende” come from?

Wärmewende (German) comes from German Wärme, from Middle High German werme, from Old High German warmī, from Old High German warm, from Proto-West Germanic warm, from Proto-Germanic warmaz, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰer-, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰe-gʷʰór-e ~ gʷʰe-gʷʰr-ḗr.

Wärmewende (German): the transition away from fossil-fuel heating systems

Definitions

  1. the transition away from fossil-fuel heating systems

Ancestry of “Wärmewende”, step by step

Wärmewende traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Wärme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanWärmewarmth; heat
2Middle High Germanwerme—
3Old High Germanwarmīwarmth
4Old High Germanwarmwarm
5Proto-West Germanicwarmwarm
6Proto-Germanicwarmazwarm
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰer-warm, hot
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰe-gʷʰór-e ~ gʷʰe-gʷʰr-ḗr—

via German Wende

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanWendeturn; turnaround; tacking
2Middle High Germanwinde—
3Old High Germanwindawinch
4Proto-Germanicwindanąto wind, to wrap
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰe-gʷʰór-e ~ gʷʰe-gʷʰr-ḗr →