Where does “zwanzigstündig” come from?
zwanzigstündig (German) comes from German zwanzig, from German Seite, from German -ig, from German -jährig, from German Jahr, from Middle High German jār, from Old High German jār, from Proto-West Germanic jār — year.
zwanzigstündig (German): twenty-hour
Definitions
- twenty-hour
Ancestry of “zwanzigstündig”, step by step
zwanzigstündig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German zwanzig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | zwanzig | twenty |
| 2 | German | Seite | side; face, side, surface of any... |
| 3 | German | -ig | -y; forms adjectives from nouns; forms adjectives... |
| 4 | German | -jährig | years old; years lasting |
| 5 | German | Jahr | year |
| 6 | Middle High German | jār | year |
| 7 | Old High German | jār | year |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | jār | year |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | jērą | year; name of the J-rune |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yeh₁r- | year |
via German stunde
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | stunde | inflection of stunden: ## first-person singular... |
| 2 | Middle High German | stunde | — |
| 3 | Old High German | stunta | time |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *stundu | period of time, hour |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | stundō | mark, marker; point in time; period of time |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | stut- | prop |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | stā- | to stand, place |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |