Where does “flächenzentriert” come from?

flächenzentriert (German) comes from German fläche, from Middle High German vleche, from Old High German flah, from Proto-West Germanic *flak, from Proto-Germanic flakaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥keh — flat surface.

flächenzentriert (German): face-centered

Definitions

  1. face-centered

Ancestry of “flächenzentriert”, step by step

flächenzentriert traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German fläche

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanflächesurface
2Middle High Germanvleche
3Old High Germanflahflat, smooth
4Proto-West Germanic*flak
5Proto-Germanicflakazflat
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥kehflat surface

via German zentriert

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanzentriertinflection of zentrieren: ## third-person...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl̥kehEvery word from Proto-Germanic flakazEvery word from Proto-West Germanic *flak