Where does “altsteinzeitlich” come from?
altsteinzeitlich (German) comes from German Altsteinzeit, from German Steinzeit, from German Steinzeitalter, from German Zeitalter, from German alter, from German Alt, from Middle High German alt, from Old High German alt — to grow, nourish.
altsteinzeitlich (German): Paleolithic
Definitions
- Paleolithic
Ancestry of “altsteinzeitlich”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Altsteinzeit | Old Stone Age, Paleolithic |
| 2 | German | Steinzeit | Stone Age |
| 3 | German | Steinzeitalter | stone age |
| 4 | German | Zeitalter | age; era |
| 5 | German | alter | age, old age |
| 6 | German | Alt | alto; A type of beer, typical to the Rhineland... |
| 7 | Middle High German | alt | — |
| 8 | Old High German | alt | old |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | ald | old |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | aldaz | old, grown up |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eltós | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | to grow, nourish |