Where does “afhængighedsfald” come from?

afhængighedsfald (Danish) comes from Danish afhængighed, from Danish afhængig, from Danish afhænge, from German abhängen, from German hängen, from Middle High German hangen, from Old High German hangen, from West Germanic *hangēn — to hang.

afhængighedsfald (Danish): oblique case

Definitions

  1. oblique case

Ancestry of “afhængighedsfald”, step by step

afhængighedsfald traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish afhængighed

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishafhængigheddependence
2Danishafhængigaddicted; dependent
3Danishafhængeto depend
4Germanabhängento depend; to hang out; to take down
5Germanhängento hang; to be suspended; to be attached to; to...
6Middle High Germanhangen
7Old High Germanhangento hang
8West Germanic*hangēn
9Proto-Germanichangānąto hang, to be suspended
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱenk-to hang

via Danish fald

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishfaldfall; decrease, decline; case
2Old Norsefall
3Old Norsefallato fall
4Proto-Germanicfallanąto fall
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpōl-
6Slovincianpólhalf
7Proto-Slavicpolъside, flank; half; member of a pair of options →...
8Proto-Indo-European(s)pelH-to split off, separate; to chop, to separate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱenk-