Where does “Zwielicht” come from?
Zwielicht (German) comes from German licht, from German Druck, from German drücken, from Middle High German drücken, from Old High German drucchen, from Proto-West Germanic þrukkijan, from Proto-Germanic þrukkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European ter- — boundary, end.
Zwielicht (German): twilight
Definitions
- twilight
Ancestry of “Zwielicht”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | licht | light, bright; unobstructed, clear |
| 2 | German | Druck | pressure; print |
| 3 | German | drücken | to press; to push; to squeeze; to hug; to shirk;... |
| 4 | Middle High German | drücken | — |
| 5 | Old High German | drucchen | to press |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | þrukkijan | to press |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | þrukkijaną | to press on; to crowd |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 9 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 10 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |