Where does “Zerfallsreihe” come from?
Zerfallsreihe (German) comes from German Zerfall, from German zerfallen, from German fällen, from Middle High German vellen, from Old High German fellen, from Proto-Germanic *fallijan, from Proto-Germanic fallijaną, from Proto-Germanic fallaną — to split off, separate; to chop, to separate.
Zerfallsreihe (German): decay chain / decay series
Definitions
- decay chain / decay series
Ancestry of “Zerfallsreihe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Zerfall | disintegration; decay |
| 2 | German | zerfallen | to disintegrate; to decay |
| 3 | German | fällen | to cut down, to fell; to precipitate; to make |
| 4 | Middle High German | vellen | — |
| 5 | Old High German | fellen | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *fallijan | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fallijaną | to cause to fall, to fell |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | fallaną | to fall |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pōl- | — |
| 10 | Slovincian | pól | — |
| 11 | Proto-Slavic | polъ | side, flank; half; member of a pair of options →... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pelH- | to split off, separate; to chop, to separate |