Where does “Wirbelkörper” come from?

Wirbelkörper (German) comes from German Wirbel, from Middle High German wirbel, from Old High German wirbil, from Proto-Germanic hwirbilaz, from Proto-Germanic -ilaz, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

Wirbelkörper (German): vertebral body

Definitions

  1. vertebral body

Ancestry of “Wirbelkörper”, step by step

Wirbelkörper traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Wirbel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanWirbelwhirl; whorl; vortex
2Middle High Germanwirbel—
3Old High Germanwirbil—
4Proto-Germanichwirbilazcircle, ring, whirl
5Proto-Germanic-ilazagent suffix; diminutive suffix
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via German körper

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankörperbody (of a person, animal, etc.)
2Middle High Germankörper—
3Latincorpusbody, person; substance, material; the flesh of...
4Proto-Italickorposbody
5Proto-Indo-Europeankréposbody
6Proto-Indo-Europeankrep-body

Words derived from “Wirbelkörper”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Proto-Germanic -ilaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwirbilaz →