Where does “Zufallsgröße” come from?

Zufallsgröße (German) comes from German Größe, from Middle High German grœze, from Old High German grōzī, from Proto-Germanic grautį̄, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Zufallsgröße (German): random variable

Definitions

  1. random variable

Ancestry of “Zufallsgröße”, step by step

Zufallsgröße traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Größe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGrößesize; greatness; quantity
2Middle High Germangrœze
3Old High Germangrōzīsize
4Proto-Germanicgrautį̄greatness; largeness; size
5Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
6Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
7Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via German Zufall

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZufallchance, coincidence, randomness
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄Every word from Proto-Germanic grautį̄