Where does “Zimmerdecke” come from?

Zimmerdecke (German) comes from German decke, from Middle High German decke, from Old High German theckī, from Old High German thecken, from Proto-West Germanic þakkjan, from Proto-Germanic þakjaną, from Proto-Germanic þaką, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- — to cover; pole, stick, beam.

Zimmerdecke (German): ceiling of a room

Definitions

  1. ceiling of a room

Ancestry of “Zimmerdecke”, step by step

Zimmerdecke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German decke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germandeckepresent first-person singular of decken "I cover"
2Middle High Germandecke—
3Old High Germantheckī—
4Old High Germanthecken—
5Proto-West Germanicþakkjanto cover; to burn
6Proto-Germanicþakjanąto cover; to burn
7Proto-Germanicþakąroof, cover
8Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam

via German Zimmer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZimmerroom
2Middle High Germanzimber—
3Old High Germanzimbar—
4Proto-West Germanic*timr(act of) building
5Proto-Germanictimrąbuilding; timber
6Proto-Indo-Europeandem-to build; to arrange, to put together
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- →