Where does “zeitstempel” come from?

zeitstempel (German) comes from German stempel, from Middle Low German stempel, from Middle Low German stampen, from Old Dutch stampon, from Proto-West Germanic stampōn, from Proto-Germanic stampōną, from Proto-Indo-European stemb‑ — to support, stomp, rant, amaze.

zeitstempel (German): timestamp

Definitions

  1. timestamp

Ancestry of “zeitstempel”, step by step

zeitstempel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German stempel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstempelinflection of stempeln: ## first-person singular...
2Middle Low Germanstempel—
3Middle Low Germanstampen—
4Old Dutchstamponto stomp
5Proto-West Germanicstampōn—
6Proto-Germanicstampōnąto compress, to squeeze; to stamp
7Proto-Indo-Europeanstemb‑to support, stomp, rant, amaze

via German Zeit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZeittime; time of day; period, era
2Middle High Germanzīttime
3Old High Germanzīttime
4Proto-Indo-Europeandéh₂itisinterval, period of time
5Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₂y-to share, divide
6Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₂-to share, divide

Words derived from “zeitstempel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European stemb‑ →Every word from Proto-Germanic stampōną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic stampōn →