Where does “Wehenhemmer” come from?

Wehenhemmer (German) comes from German wēhe, from German -e, from German Du, from Middle High German dū, from Old High German dū, from Proto-West Germanic þū, from Proto-Germanic *þū, from Proto-Indo-European túh₂ — you, thou.

Wehenhemmer (German): tocolytic medication that stops labor

Definitions

  1. tocolytic medication that stops labor

Ancestry of “Wehenhemmer”, step by step

Wehenhemmer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German wēhe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwēhe
2German-estark + API → Stärke; used to form the plural of...
3GermanDuAlternative letter-case form of du; literally:...
4Middle High Germanyou thou, singular familiar
5Old High Germanthou, you second-person singular pronoun
6Proto-West Germanicþūyou
7Proto-Germanic*þū
8Proto-Indo-Europeantúh₂you, thou

via German Hemmer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHemmer
2German-erForms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to...
3Old High German-āriused to form agent nouns
4Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
5Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
6Latin-āriuser
7Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European túh₂Every word from German -eEvery word from Proto-Germanic *þū