Where does “nobelpreiswürdig” come from?
nobelpreiswürdig (German) comes from German würdig, from German -ig, from German -jährig, from German Jahr, from Middle High German jār, from Old High German jār, from Proto-West Germanic jār, from Proto-Germanic jērą — year.
nobelpreiswürdig (German): worthy of a Nobel Prize
Definitions
- worthy of a Nobel Prize
Ancestry of “nobelpreiswürdig”, step by step
nobelpreiswürdig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German würdig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | würdig | worthy of; honourable, dignified |
| 2 | German | -ig | -y; forms adjectives from nouns; forms adjectives... |
| 3 | German | -jährig | years old; years lasting |
| 4 | German | Jahr | year |
| 5 | Middle High German | jār | year |
| 6 | Old High German | jār | year |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | jār | year |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | jērą | year; name of the J-rune |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yeh₁r- | year |
via German Nobelpreis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Nobelpreis | Nobel Prize |
| 2 | German | Nobel | noble, honourable |
| 3 | French | noble | noble, aristocratic; non-synthetic, natural;... |
| 4 | Old French | noble | noble; upper-class; well-bred |
| 5 | Latin | nōbilis | noble, high-born |
| 6 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |