Where does “zehnminütig” come from?

zehnminütig (German) comes from German zehn, from Middle High German zehen, from Old High German zehan, from Proto-West Germanic tehun, from Proto-Germanic tehun, from Proto-Indo-European déḱm̥t — ten.

zehnminütig (German): ten-minute

Definitions

  1. ten-minute

Ancestry of “zehnminütig”, step by step

zehnminütig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German zehn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanzehnten
2Middle High Germanzehen—
3Old High Germanzehanten
4Proto-West Germanictehunten
5Proto-Germanictehunten
6Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥tten

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-Indo-European déḱm̥t →Every word from Proto-Germanic tehun →Every word from Proto-West Germanic tehun →