Where does “Übergangsbestimmung” come from?
Übergangsbestimmung (German) comes from German Bestimmung, from German bestimmen, from German stimmen, from German stimme, from Middle High German stimme, from Old High German stimma, from Proto-Germanic *stebnu, from Proto-Germanic stebnō — mouth, muzzle.
Übergangsbestimmung (German): A transitional provision
Definitions
- A transitional provision
Ancestry of “Übergangsbestimmung”, step by step
Übergangsbestimmung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Bestimmung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Bestimmung | determination; destination; appointment,... |
| 2 | German | bestimmen | to determine |
| 3 | German | stimmen | to be right, be true; to vote; to tune |
| 4 | German | stimme | inflection of stimmen: ## first-person singular... |
| 5 | Middle High German | stimme | — |
| 6 | Old High German | stimma | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *stebnu | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | stebnō | voice; sound |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | stomen- | mouth, muzzle |
via German Übergang
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Übergang | crossing; transition |
| 2 | Middle High German | überganc | crossing, transition |
| 3 | Old High German | ubargang | doom, ruin; digression, divergence |
| 4 | Old High German | gang | A path, course, way, journey; a going |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *gang | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | gangaz | pace, step, gait; walk; way, course |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰongʰ-o-s | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰengʰ- | to walk; to step |