Where does “meistenteils” come from?

meistenteils (German) comes from German teils, from German Teil, from Middle High German teil, from Old High German teil, from Proto-West Germanic daili, from Proto-Germanic dailiz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl- — part, watershed.

meistenteils (German): mostly, to the most part

Definitions

  1. mostly, to the most part

Ancestry of “meistenteils”, step by step

meistenteils traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German teils

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanteilspartly, partially
2GermanTeilpart, piece; fraction of a whole; thing
3Middle High Germanteil—
4Old High Germanteil—
5Proto-West Germanicdailipart
6Proto-Germanicdailizpart, portion, deal
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰayl-part, watershed

via German meist

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmeistmostly, most often, usually
2Old High Germanmeistmost
3Proto-Germanicmaistmost, to the greatest degree
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dailiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic daili →
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