Where does “diesseits” come from?
diesseits (German) comes 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, from Proto-Germanic jērą — year.
diesseits (German): this side of
Definitions
- this side of
Ancestry of “diesseits”, step by step
diesseits traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Seite
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Seite | side; face, side, surface of any... |
| 2 | German | -ig | -y; forms adjectives from nouns; forms adjectives... |
| 3 | German | -jährig | years old; years lasting |
| 4 | German | Jahr | year |
| 5 | Middle High German | jār | year |
| 6 | Old High German | jār | year |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | jār | year |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | jērą | year; name of the J-rune |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yeh₁r- | year |
via German dieser
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | dieser | this one, this; that one, that |
| 2 | Middle High German | diser | this |
| 3 | Old High German | dese | this |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *þes | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | þat | nominative/accusative singular neuter of *sa |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tód | demonstrative pronoun; that; it |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | to- | it; that; the, that |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |