Where does “Zwischennutzung” come from?
Zwischennutzung (German) comes from German zwischen, from Old High German [[in]] [[zuiskēn]], from Old High German zuiski, from Old High German zwēne, from Proto-West Germanic twai-, from Proto-Germanic twai, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.
Zwischennutzung (German): meanwhile use; temporary, interim usage
Definitions
- meanwhile use; temporary, interim usage
Ancestry of “Zwischennutzung”, step by step
Zwischennutzung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German zwischen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | zwischen | between; among, amongst |
| 2 | Old High German | [[in]] [[zuiskēn]] | — |
| 3 | Old High German | zuiski | twofold |
| 4 | Old High German | zwēne | two |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | twai- | two |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | twai | two |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |
via German Nutzung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Nutzung | use |
| 2 | German | nützen | Alternative form of nutzen |
| 3 | Middle High German | nützen | — |
| 4 | Old High German | nuzzōn | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | nutōną | To make use of; employ |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | nutō | use, profit, yield |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | newd- | to seize; grasp; use; to grasp, seize, use; to... |