Where does “Ziffernblatt” come from?
Ziffernblatt (German) comes from German blatt, from Middle High German blat, from Old High German blat, from Proto-West Germanic blad, from Proto-Germanic bladą, from Proto-Indo-European bʰlh̥₃oto, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.
Ziffernblatt (German): clock face, dial
Definitions
- clock face, dial
Ancestry of “Ziffernblatt”, step by step
Ziffernblatt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German blatt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | blatt | leaf green and flat organ of a plant |
| 2 | Middle High German | blat | leaf |
| 3 | Old High German | blat | leaf |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | blad | leaf; sheet; blade |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | bladą | leaf; sheet; blade |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰlh̥₃oto | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via German Ziffer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Ziffer | digit, numeral; a numbered division unit written... |
| 2 | Middle High German | zifer | digit |
| 3 | Old French | cifre | — |
| 4 | Latin | cifra | numeral, cipher; zero |
| 5 | Arabic | صِفْر | zero, nothing, empty, void; nothing, cipher;... |
| 6 | Sanskrit | शून्य | zero; cipher, cypher; blank, deserted |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱówH- | — |