Where does “Bundesrat” come from?
Bundesrat comes from German Bundesrat, composed of Bund (federation) and Rat (council), with Rat deriving from Old High German bintan meaning to bind, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ-.
Bundesrat (English): The federal council of Germany
Definitions
- The federal council of Germany
Ancestry of “Bundesrat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Bundesrat | A federal council, "especially:" the federal... |
| 2 | German | rät | third-person singular present of raten |
| 3 | Middle High German | rāt | advice, a piece of advice, counsel |
| 4 | Old High German | rāt | advice, council; advise |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | rād | advice, counsel |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | rēdaz | advice, counsel |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | Hréh₁dʰos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₁dʰ- | to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |