Where does “vierzigminütig” come from?

vierzigminütig (German) comes from German vierzig, from Middle High German vierzic, from Old High German fiorzug, from Proto-Germanic fedwōr tigiwiz — forty.

vierzigminütig (German): forty-minute

Definitions

  1. forty-minute

Ancestry of “vierzigminütig”, step by step

vierzigminütig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German vierzig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanvierzigforty
2Middle High Germanvierzic—
3Old High Germanfiorzug—
4Proto-Germanicfedwōr tigiwizforty

via German minute

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanminuteminute unit of time; unit of angle
2Latinminūtusdiminished, having been diminished
3Proto-Italicminwō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
Every word from Proto-Germanic fedwōr tigiwiz →Every word from Old High German fiorzug →Every word from Middle High German vierzic →