Etymograph

English

Vogtlandkreis

Vogtlandkreis comes from German Vogtlandkreis, from Kreis ‘district’, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kraitaz ‘a scoring’.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*kraitaz‘a scoring’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*kraitreconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050kreiȥ
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350same form
  5. Germanc. 1650–presentKreis‘district’
  6. German, derivedc. 1650–presentVogtlandkreis
  7. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*kraitaz‘a scoring’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*kraitreconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050kreiȥ
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350same form
  5. Germanc. 1650–presentKreis‘district’
  6. German, derivedc. 1650–presentVogtlandkreis
  7. Englishtodaysame form

Every English word from Proto-Germanic *kraitaz

Today it means

name A district of Saxony, Germany.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *kraitaz / Vogtlandkreis

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