Where does “Zeitumstellung” come from?
Zeitumstellung (German) comes from German Umstellung, from German umstellen, from German um, from Middle High German ümbe, from Old High German umbi, from Proto-West Germanic umbi, from Proto-Germanic umbi, from Proto-Indo-European h₂m̥bʰi — on, onto.
Zeitumstellung (German): clock change at the beginning or end of daylight...
Definitions
- clock change at the beginning or end of daylight...
Ancestry of “Zeitumstellung”, step by step
Zeitumstellung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Umstellung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Umstellung | conversion, migration, changeover, switch,... |
| 2 | German | umstellen | to surround; to relocate |
| 3 | German | um | about; around; at, by |
| 4 | Middle High German | ümbe | — |
| 5 | Old High German | umbi | around |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | umbi | around |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | umbi | around, about |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂m̥bʰi | around, on either side of, about; in exchange... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂n̥tbʰi | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |