Where does “untertauchen” come from?

untertauchen (German) comes from German Unter, from Middle High German under, from Old High German untar, from Proto-Germanic under, from Proto-Indo-European h₁entér, from Proto-Indo-European h₁en — in; in, inside.

untertauchen (German): to dive, to plunge of a diver, etc.; to submerge of a submarine, etc

Definitions

  1. to dive, to plunge of a diver, etc.; to submerge of a submarine, etc

Ancestry of “untertauchen”, step by step

untertauchen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Unter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanUnterjack, knave
2Middle High Germanunder—
3Old High Germanuntarunder
4Proto-Germanicunderamong, between; under, beneath; under
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁entérbetween
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁enin; in, inside

via German tauchen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantauchento dive; to bathe
2Middle High Germantūchento dive, to duck, to submerge, to become submerged
3Old High Germantūhhan—
4Proto-West Germanicdūkanto duck, to dive under
5Proto-Germanicdūkanąto duck, to dive under

Words derived from “untertauchen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁en →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁entér →Every word from Proto-Germanic under →
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