Where does “Übernahmerisiko” come from?

Übernahmerisiko (German) comes from German Übernahme, from German übernehmen, from German nehmen, from Middle High German nëmen, from Old High German neman, from Proto-West Germanic neman, from Proto-Germanic nemaną, from Proto-Indo-European nem- — to distribute; to give, to take.

Übernahmerisiko (German): underwriting risk the risk assumed by an underwriter that it will be unable to sell the securities it has committed to purchase from an issuer

Definitions

  1. underwriting risk the risk assumed by an underwriter that it will be unable to sell the securities it has committed to purchase from an issuer

Ancestry of “Übernahmerisiko”, step by step

Übernahmerisiko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Übernahme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanÜbernahmetaking possession; assumption, acceptance;...
2Germanübernehmento take over, replace; to assume, to accept; to...
3Germannehmento take (something into one's possession or on one's body)
4Middle High Germannëmento take
5Old High Germannemanto take
6Proto-West Germanicnemanto take
7Proto-Germanicnemanąto take
8Proto-Indo-Europeannem-to distribute; to give, to take

via German Risiko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRisikorisk
2Italianrisicofirst-person singular present indicative of...
3ItalianriscoObsolete form of rischio; risk
Every word from Proto-Indo-European nem-