Where does “Wassereinzugsgebiet” come from?
Wassereinzugsgebiet (German) comes from German Einzugsgebiet, from German Einzug, from German einziehen, from German ein-, from Middle High German īn-, from Old High German in, from Proto-West Germanic *in, from Proto-Germanic in — in.
Wassereinzugsgebiet (German): catchment area, catchment basin, drainage basin, watershed
Definitions
- catchment area, catchment basin, drainage basin, watershed
Ancestry of “Wassereinzugsgebiet”, step by step
Wassereinzugsgebiet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Einzugsgebiet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Einzugsgebiet | catchment area, catchment basin, drainage basin, watershed |
| 2 | German | Einzug | move, moving in; ceremonial entry, entrance, such... |
| 3 | German | einziehen | to thread; to put in; to retract, pull in; to... |
| 4 | German | ein- | generally indicating motion into something; one,... |
| 5 | Middle High German | īn- | — |
| 6 | Old High German | in | in |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *in | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | in | in; into |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | én | in |
via German wasser
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | wasser | inflection of wassern: ## first-person singular... |
| 2 | Middle High German | wazzer | water |
| 3 | Old High German | waȥȥar | water |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | watar | water |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | watōr | water |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wódr̥ | water |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wed- | water |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wey- | to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;... |