Where does “Zimmervermittlung” come from?
Zimmervermittlung (German) comes from German Zimmer, from Middle High German zimber, from Old High German zimbar, from Proto-West Germanic *timr, from Proto-Germanic timrą, from Proto-Indo-European dem- — to build; to arrange, to put together.
Zimmervermittlung (German): accommodation service
Definitions
- accommodation service
Ancestry of “Zimmervermittlung”, step by step
Zimmervermittlung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Zimmer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Zimmer | room |
| 2 | Middle High German | zimber | — |
| 3 | Old High German | zimbar | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *timr | (act of) building |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | timrą | building; timber |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dem- | to build; to arrange, to put together |
via German Vermittlung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Vermittlung | intermediation; agency; switching |
| 2 | German | -ung | -ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing... |
| 3 | Middle High German | -ung | — |
| 4 | Old High German | -unga | -ing |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ungō | -ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs." |