Where does “zwanzigtausendfach” come from?
zwanzigtausendfach (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.
zwanzigtausendfach (German): twenty thousandfold
Definitions
- twenty thousandfold
Ancestry of “zwanzigtausendfach”, step by step
zwanzigtausendfach 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 tausendfach
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | tausendfach | thousandfold |
| 2 | German | Tausend | thousand |
| 3 | Middle High German | tūsunt | — |
| 4 | Old High German | dūsunt | thousand |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | þūsundi | thousand |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | þūsundī | a thousand |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tuHsont- | thousand |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |