Where does “wiederverwendbar” come from?

wiederverwendbar (German) comes from German wieder, from Middle High German wider, from Old High German widar, from Proto-West Germanic wiþr, from Proto-Germanic wiþrą, from Proto-Indo-European wī-tero-, from Proto-Indo-European wi — apart, asunder; away from, against.

wiederverwendbar (German): reusable

Definitions

  1. reusable

Ancestry of “wiederverwendbar”, step by step

wiederverwendbar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German wieder

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwiederagain
2Middle High Germanwideropposite
3Old High Germanwidaragainst; ram
4Proto-West Germanicwiþrtoward, against
5Proto-Germanicwiþrątoward, against
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwī-tero-further apart
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwiapart, asunder; away from, against

via German verwendbar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanverwendbarusable; applicable; suitable, useful

Words derived from “wiederverwendbar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wi →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wī-tero- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wiþrą →