Where does “verfünfzehnfachen” come from?

verfünfzehnfachen (German) comes from German fünfzehnfach, 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.

verfünfzehnfachen (German): to multiply by fifteen, to quindecuple

Definitions

  1. to multiply by fifteen, to quindecuple

Ancestry of “verfünfzehnfachen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfünfzehnfachfifteenfold
2German-fach-fold
3Middle High Germanvach-fold
4Old High Germanfahwall
5Proto-Germanic*fak—
6Proto-GermanicfakąAn enclosed or defined space; division;...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ǵ-to attach
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic faką →Every word from German -fach →