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
- tocolytic medication that stops labor
Ancestry of “Wehenhemmer”, step by step
Wehenhemmer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German wēhe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | wēhe | — |
| 2 | German | -e | stark + API → Stärke; used to form the plural of... |
| 3 | German | Du | Alternative letter-case form of du; literally:... |
| 4 | Middle High German | dū | you thou, singular familiar |
| 5 | Old High German | dū | thou, you second-person singular pronoun |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | þū | you |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *þū | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | túh₂ | you, thou |
via German Hemmer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Hemmer | — |
| 2 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 3 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |