Where does “Zeitansage” come from?

Zeitansage (German) comes from German Ansage, from German ansagen, 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.

Zeitansage (German): speaking clock

Definitions

  1. speaking clock

Ancestry of “Zeitansage”, step by step

Zeitansage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Ansage

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAnsageannouncement
2Germanansagento announce
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- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ana →Every word from Proto-Germanic *an →