Where does “Absetzbetrag” come from?

Absetzbetrag (German) comes from German absetzen, from German setzen, from Middle High German setzen, from Old High German sezzen, from Proto-West Germanic *sattjan, from Proto-Germanic satjaną, from Proto-Indo-European sodéyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

Absetzbetrag (German): tax credit

Definitions

  1. tax credit

Ancestry of “Absetzbetrag”, step by step

Absetzbetrag traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German absetzen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanabsetzento set down; to depose, dethrone; to deduct
2Germansetzento set; to put; to sit down; to settle
3Middle High Germansetzento set, place down
4Old High Germansezzento make sit, set, put
5Proto-West Germanic*sattjanto set, place
6Proto-Germanicsatjanąto set, to place down
7Proto-Indo-Europeansodéyetito set, to seat, to cause to sit
8Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
9Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

via German Betrag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBetragamount, sum; the magnitude or length of a vector
2Germanbetragento amount to, to be; to behave
3Germantragento carry; to bear, to carry; to bear, to pay
4Middle High Germantragento bear, to carry
5Old High Germantraganto bear; to bear fruit
6Proto-Germanicdragan
7Proto-Germanicdraganąto draw, to pull, to carry
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰreǵ-pull, draw, drag; to glide, swoop; to draw, glide
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti