Where does “einhunderterste” come from?
einhunderterste (German) comes from German Erste, from German Erster, from German erster, from German erste, from Old High German ērist, from Old High German ēr, from Proto-West Germanic iʀ, from Proto-Germanic jīz — you (plural).
einhunderterste (German): hundred-and-first
Definitions
- hundred-and-first
Ancestry of “einhunderterste”, step by step
einhunderterste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Erste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Erste | female equivalent of Erster; inflection of... |
| 2 | German | Erster | winner; inflection of Erste: ## strong... |
| 3 | German | erster | inflection of erste: ## strong/mixed nominative... |
| 4 | German | erste | first |
| 5 | Old High German | ērist | earliest |
| 6 | Old High German | ēr | ore; brass; formerly, previously; early |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | iʀ | he, it |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | jīz | Alternative form of *jūz |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *yúHs | you (plural) |
via German einhundert
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | einhundert | one hundred |
| 2 | German | Hundert | the number 100; A unity of hundred things |
| 3 | Middle High German | hundert | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | hunderod | hundred |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *hundarad | hundred |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hundaradą | a great hundred; a hundred |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hundą | a great hundred; a hundred |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱm̥tóm | hundred |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | déḱm̥ | ten |