Where does “derentwegen” come from?
derentwegen (German) comes from German deren, from German der, from Middle High German der, from Middle High German wīle, from Old High German wīla, from Proto-West Germanic hwīlu, from Proto-Germanic hwīlō, from Proto-Indo-European kʷyeh₁- — to rest; rest, peace.
derentwegen (German): because of whom, because of which, on whose...
Definitions
- because of whom, because of which, on whose...
Ancestry of “derentwegen”, step by step
derentwegen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German deren
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | deren | inflection of der: ## genitive feminine... |
| 2 | German | der | the; inflection of der: ## genitive/dative... |
| 3 | Middle High German | der | the |
| 4 | Middle High German | wīle | — |
| 5 | Old High German | wīla | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | hwīlu | period of rest, pause; time, period of time,... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hwīlō | time, period of time, while; period of rest,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷyeh₁- | to rest; rest, peace |