Where does “Abstimmungsverhalten” come from?

Abstimmungsverhalten (German) comes from German verhalten, from German halten, from English halt, from Middle English halt, from Old English healt, from Proto-West Germanic halt, from Proto-Germanic haltaz, from Proto-Indo-European kol-d- — to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet.

Abstimmungsverhalten (German): voting behavior, voting pattern, voting record the manner in which a person or group casts their vote in a political or formal context

Definitions

  1. voting behavior, voting pattern, voting record the manner in which a person or group casts their vote in a political or formal context

Ancestry of “Abstimmungsverhalten”, step by step

Abstimmungsverhalten traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via German verhalten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanverhaltenrestrained; to behave; to be
2Germanhaltento hold; to stop; to halt; to hold back; to...
3EnglishhaltTo limp; move with a limping gait; To stand in...
4Middle EnglishhaltLimping, lame, crippled
5Old Englishhealtlame, limping
6Proto-West Germanichaltlame, halt
7Proto-Germanichaltazlame, halt
8Proto-Indo-Europeankol-d-
9Proto-Indo-Europeankel-to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet

via German Abstimmung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAbstimmungvote; co-ordination, synchronising, agreement
2Germanabstimmento vote; sich abstimmen: to coordinate or...
3Germanstimmento be right, be true; to vote; to tune
4Germanstimmeinflection of stimmen: ## first-person singular...
5Middle High Germanstimme
6Old High Germanstimma
7Proto-Germanic*stebnu
8Proto-Germanicstebnōvoice; sound
9Proto-Indo-Europeanstomen-mouth, muzzle

via German S

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSAbbreviation of Süd; south
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kel-
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