Where does “vervielfachen” come from?
vervielfachen (German) comes from German vielfach, from German viel, from Middle High German vil, from Old High German filu, from Proto-West Germanic *felu, from Proto-Germanic felu, from Proto-Germanic feluz, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.
vervielfachen (German): to multiply; to multiply, to increase...
Definitions
- to multiply; to multiply, to increase...
Ancestry of “vervielfachen”, step by step
vervielfachen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German vielfach
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | vielfach | multiple, manifold |
| 2 | German | viel | much, a lot; much, many |
| 3 | Middle High German | vil | — |
| 4 | Old High German | filu | many; much |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *felu | much, a lot |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | felu | much, a lot; a lot of; very |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | feluz | many; cruel, evil |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |
via German ver- -en
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | ver- -en | Forms factitive verbs from adjectives, meaning "to make more (adjective)" |