Where does “Zwanzigeck” come from?

Zwanzigeck (German) comes from German zwanzig, from German Seite, from German -ig, from German -jährig, from German Jahr, from Middle High German jār, from Old High German jār, from Proto-West Germanic jār — year.

Zwanzigeck (German): icosagon

Definitions

  1. icosagon

Ancestry of “Zwanzigeck”, step by step

Zwanzigeck traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German zwanzig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanzwanzigtwenty
2GermanSeiteside; face, side, surface of any...
3German-ig-y; forms adjectives from nouns; forms adjectives...
4German-jährigyears old; years lasting
5GermanJahryear
6Middle High Germanjāryear
7Old High Germanjāryear
8Proto-West Germanicjāryear
9Proto-Germanicjērąyear; name of the J-rune
10Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₁r-year

via German ecke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germaneckecorner, edge
2Middle High Germanecke
3Old High Germanecka
4Proto-West Germanicaggjuedge, corner
5Proto-Germanicagjōedge, corner
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱ-sharp

Words derived from “Zwanzigeck

Every word from Proto-Indo-European yeh₁r-Every word from German -igEvery word from Proto-Germanic jērą
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