Where does “niederschlagsarm” come from?

niederschlagsarm (German) comes from German Niederschlag, from German niederschlagen, from German schlagen, from Middle High German slahen, from Old High German slahan, from Proto-West Germanic slahan, from Proto-Germanic slahaną, from Proto-Indo-European slak- — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

niederschlagsarm (German): low-rainfall

Definitions

  1. low-rainfall

Ancestry of “niederschlagsarm”, step by step

niederschlagsarm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Niederschlag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanNiederschlagfallout, condensation; precipitation
2Germanniederschlagento defeat (an enemy)
3Germanschlagento beat; to hit; to knock; to strike; to punch;...
4Middle High Germanslahento strike
5Old High Germanslahanto hit
6Proto-West Germanicslahanto hit, to strike; to kill
7Proto-Germanicslahanąto hit, to strike; to kill
8Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

via German Arm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanArman arm; anything that resembles an arm
2GermanLeuchtercandlestick, sconce; candelabra
3German-erForms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to...
4Old High German-āriused to form agent nouns
5Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
6Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
7Latin-āriuser
8Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European slak-Every word from Proto-Germanic slahanąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic slahan