Where does “Zeitverzögerung” come from?
Zeitverzögerung (German) comes from German Verzögerung, from German verzögern, from German zögern, from German zogen, from Middle High German zogen, from Old High German zogōn, from Middle English togon, from Old English tōgān — two-ways, in twain; twice, in two.
Zeitverzögerung (German): time lag, delay
Definitions
- time lag, delay
Ancestry of “Zeitverzögerung”, step by step
Zeitverzögerung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Verzögerung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Verzögerung | delay |
| 2 | German | verzögern | to delay; to protract; to be delayed |
| 3 | German | zögern | to hesitate |
| 4 | German | zogen | first/third-person plural preterite of ziehen |
| 5 | Middle High German | zogen | be on one's way; walk, march; hurry, run |
| 6 | Old High German | zogōn | — |
| 7 | Middle English | togon | — |
| 8 | Old English | tōgān | to go apart |
| 9 | Old English | tō- | apart; to |
| 10 | Old English | te- | Alternative form of tō-; apart, asunder; apart,... |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | twiz- | in two, in twain; asunder, in pieces; apart,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dwis- | two-ways, in twain; twice, in two |