Where does “Zentralheizung” come from?
Zentralheizung (German) comes from German Heizung, from German heizen, from Middle High German heiȥen, from Old High German heizen, from Proto-West Germanic haitijan, from Proto-Germanic haitijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
Zentralheizung (German): central heating
Definitions
- central heating
Ancestry of “Zentralheizung”, step by step
Zentralheizung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Heizung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Heizung | heating |
| 2 | German | heizen | to heat |
| 3 | Middle High German | heiȥen | to be called, to call |
| 4 | Old High German | heizen | to heat |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | haitijan | to make hot, heat |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | haitijaną | to make hot, heat |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |