Where does “Zeitangabe” come from?

Zeitangabe (German) comes from German Angabe, from German angeben, from German an-, from German an, from Middle High German āne, from Old High German āna, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an — on, onto.

Zeitangabe (German): indication of time, time of day or season

Definitions

  1. indication of time, time of day or season

Ancestry of “Zeitangabe”, step by step

Zeitangabe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Angabe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAngabeindication, information, giving or providing;...
2Germanangebento specify, to indicate, to state, to supply; to...
3Germanan-Separable verb prefix, on; Separable verb prefix,...
4Germananon; upon; at; in; against; by; near; close to;...
5Middle High Germanānewithout
6Old High Germanānawithout
7Proto-West Germanicanaon
8Proto-Germanic*an
9Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via German Zeit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZeittime; time of day; period, era
2Middle High Germanzīttime
3Old High Germanzīttime
4Proto-Indo-Europeandéh₂itisinterval, period of time
5Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₂y-to share, divide
6Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₂-to share, divide
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-