Where does “Winkelgeschwindigkeit” come from?
Winkelgeschwindigkeit (German) comes from German Geschwindigkeit, from German -igkeit, from German -ig, from German -jährig, from German Jahr, from Middle High German jār, from Old High German jār, from Proto-West Germanic jār — year.
Winkelgeschwindigkeit (German): angular velocity
Definitions
- angular velocity
Ancestry of “Winkelgeschwindigkeit”, step by step
Winkelgeschwindigkeit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Geschwindigkeit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Geschwindigkeit | speed, pace, tempo, velocity, rate |
| 2 | German | -igkeit | forms nouns from adjectives |
| 3 | German | -ig | -y; forms adjectives from nouns; forms adjectives... |
| 4 | German | -jährig | years old; years lasting |
| 5 | German | Jahr | year |
| 6 | Middle High German | jār | year |
| 7 | Old High German | jār | year |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | jār | year |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | jērą | year; name of the J-rune |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yeh₁r- | year |