Where does “zwanzigtausendmal” come from?
zwanzigtausendmal (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.
zwanzigtausendmal (German): twenty thousand times
Definitions
- twenty thousand times
Ancestry of “zwanzigtausendmal”, step by step
zwanzigtausendmal 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 tausendmal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | tausendmal | a thousand times; countless times |
| 2 | German | -mal | times |
| 3 | Middle High German | -māle | — |
| 4 | Old High German | -mālun | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | mēlamiz | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | mēlą | measure, measurement; time, occasion; point in... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂- | to grind, to crush |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mel- | soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mey- | to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange |