Where does “Widerstandsfähigkeit” come from?
Widerstandsfähigkeit (German) comes from German widerstandsfähig, from German Widerstand, from German widerstehen, from German wider, from Middle High German wider, from Old High German widar, from Proto-West Germanic wiþr, from Proto-Germanic wiþrą — apart, asunder; away from, against.
Widerstandsfähigkeit (German): resilience, robustness; resistance
Definitions
- resilience, robustness; resistance
Ancestry of “Widerstandsfähigkeit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | widerstandsfähig | resistant, resilient, tough |
| 2 | German | Widerstand | resistance; resistor |
| 3 | German | widerstehen | to withstand, to resist |
| 4 | German | wider | against |
| 5 | Middle High German | wider | opposite |
| 6 | Old High German | widar | against; ram |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | wiþr | toward, against |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | wiþrą | toward, against |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wī-tero- | further apart |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wi | apart, asunder; away from, against |