Where does “Wettervorhersage” come from?

Wettervorhersage (German) comes from German Vorhersage, from German vorhersagen, from German sägen, from Middle High German sagen, from Old High German sagēn, from Proto-West Germanic saggjan, from Proto-Germanic sagjaną, from Proto-Indo-European sokʷ-h₁-yé- — to follow; to see; to say.

Wettervorhersage (German): weather forecast

Definitions

  1. weather forecast

Ancestry of “Wettervorhersage”, step by step

Wettervorhersage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Vorhersage

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanVorhersageprediction, forecast
2Germanvorhersagento forecast, to predict
3Germansägento saw
4Middle High Germansagento say
5Old High Germansagēnto say
6Proto-West Germanicsaggjanto say
7Proto-Germanicsagjanąto say
8Proto-Indo-Europeansokʷ-h₁-yé-
9Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say

via German wetter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwetterweather
2Middle High Germanweter
3Old High Germanwetar
4Proto-Germanicwedrąweather
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwedʰrom
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂weh₁-to blow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European sokʷ-h₁-yé-Every word from Proto-Germanic sagjaną
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