Where does “Zusammenzählung” come from?
Zusammenzählung (German) comes from German zusammenzählen, from German zählen, from Middle High German zeln, from Old High German zellan, from Proto-West Germanic talljan, from Proto-Germanic taljaną, from Proto-Germanic talą, from Proto-Indo-European dol- — to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...
Zusammenzählung (German): adding, addition, aggregation, accumulation, sum act or process of adding; the arithmetic operation of adding; quantity obtained by addition or aggregation
Definitions
- adding, addition, aggregation, accumulation, sum act or process of adding; the arithmetic operation of adding; quantity obtained by addition or aggregation
Ancestry of “Zusammenzählung”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | zusammenzählen | to add up, to add together, to sum up |
| 2 | German | zählen | to count; to reckon, to consider, to deem; to... |
| 3 | Middle High German | zeln | — |
| 4 | Old High German | zellan | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | talljan | to count, to enumerate; to recount, to tell |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | taljaną | to enumerate, count; to account, recount, tell |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | talą | speech; number |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dol- | reckoning, calculation, fraud; calculation, fraud |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |