Where does “fünfzehnminütig” come from?

fünfzehnminütig (German) comes from German minute, from Latin minūtus, from Proto-Italic minwō, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

fünfzehnminütig (German): fifteen-minute

Definitions

  1. fifteen-minute

Ancestry of “fünfzehnminütig”, step by step

fünfzehnminütig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German minute

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanminuteminute unit of time; unit of angle
2Latinminūtusdiminished, having been diminished
3Proto-Italicminwō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

via German fünfzehn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfünfzehnfifteen
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Proto-Italic minwō →Every word from Latin minūtus →