Where does “Wasserzähler” come from?
Wasserzähler (German) comes from German Zähler, from German zählen, from Middle High German zeln, from Old High German zellan, from Proto-West Germanic talljan, from Proto-Germanic taljaną, from Proto-Germanic talą, from Proto-Indo-European dol- — to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...
Wasserzähler (German): water meter device used to measure the volume of water usage
Definitions
- water meter device used to measure the volume of water usage
Ancestry of “Wasserzähler”, step by step
Wasserzähler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Zähler
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Zähler | agent noun of zählen; counter; numerator; point |
| 2 | German | zählen | to count; to reckon, to consider, to deem; to... |
| 3 | Middle High German | zeln | — |
| 4 | Old High German | zellan | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | talljan | to count, to enumerate; to recount, to tell |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | taljaną | to enumerate, count; to account, recount, tell |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | talą | speech; number |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dol- | reckoning, calculation, fraud; calculation, fraud |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |
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;... |