Where does “Wortschatzeinheit” come from?
Wortschatzeinheit (German) comes from German Wortschatz, from German wôrt, from Middle High German wort, from Old High German wort, from Proto-West Germanic word, from Proto-Germanic wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European werdʰo-, from Proto-Indo-European werh₁- — to speak, say.
Wortschatzeinheit (German): lexical unit, lexical item
Definitions
- lexical unit, lexical item
Ancestry of “Wortschatzeinheit”, step by step
Wortschatzeinheit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Wortschatz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Wortschatz | vocabulary; lexicon |
| 2 | German | wôrt | plural word as an isolated unit |
| 3 | Middle High German | wort | word; verb |
| 4 | Old High German | wort | word; verb |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | word | word |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | wurdą | word |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | werdʰo- | word |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | werh₁- | to speak, say |