Where does “Waldlichtung” come from?
Waldlichtung (German) comes from German Lichtung, from German licht, from German Druck, from German drücken, from Middle High German drücken, from Old High German drucchen, from Proto-West Germanic þrukkijan, from Proto-Germanic þrukkijaną — boundary, end.
Waldlichtung (German): clearing, forest glade
Definitions
- clearing, forest glade
Ancestry of “Waldlichtung”, step by step
Waldlichtung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Lichtung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Lichtung | clearing |
| 2 | German | licht | light, bright; unobstructed, clear |
| 3 | German | Druck | pressure; print |
| 4 | German | drücken | to press; to push; to squeeze; to hug; to shirk;... |
| 5 | Middle High German | drücken | — |
| 6 | Old High German | drucchen | to press |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | þrukkijan | to press |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | þrukkijaną | to press on; to crowd |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 10 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 11 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |