Where does “Wortzerlegung” come from?

Wortzerlegung (German) comes from German Zerlegung, from German zerlegen, from German zer-, from German er-, from Middle High German er-, from Old High German ir-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz- — out, outward.

Wortzerlegung (German): word segmentation

Definitions

  1. word segmentation

Ancestry of “Wortzerlegung”, step by step

Wortzerlegung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Zerlegung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZerlegungdecomposition, separation, segmentation;...
2Germanzerlegento dismantle, disassemble; to decompose; to...
3Germanzer-asunder, to pieces, to bits; to spoil by
4Germaner-Inseparable verbal prefix that indicates a...
5Middle High Germaner-
6Old High Germanir-thoroughly
7Proto-West Germanicuʀ-out, over; off, away
8Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
9Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-
10Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
11Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

via German wôrt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwôrtplural word as an isolated unit
2Middle High Germanwortword; verb
3Old High Germanwortword; verb
4Proto-West Germanicwordword
5Proto-Germanicwurdąword
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwerdʰo-word
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwerh₁-to speak, say
Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd
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