Where does “verdreifachen” come from?
verdreifachen (German) comes from German Dreifach, from German -fach, from Middle High German vach, from Old High German fah, from Proto-Germanic *fak, from Proto-Germanic faką, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ- — to attach.
verdreifachen (German): to triple
Definitions
- to triple
Ancestry of “verdreifachen”, step by step
verdreifachen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Dreifach
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Dreifach | triple (made up of three matching or complementary elements) |
| 2 | German | -fach | -fold |
| 3 | Middle High German | vach | -fold |
| 4 | Old High German | fah | wall |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *fak | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | faką | An enclosed or defined space; division;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂ǵ- | to attach |
via German ver- -en
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | ver- -en | Forms factitive verbs from adjectives, meaning "to make more (adjective)" |