Where does “Angebotsknappheit” come from?
Angebotsknappheit (German) comes from German Knappheit, from German -heit, from Middle High German -heit, from Old High German -heit, from Proto-West Germanic -haidu, from Proto-Germanic haiduz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kayt-.
Angebotsknappheit (German): supply shortage, scarcity of supply a situation where the quantity of a good or service supplied is less than the quantity demanded at the current price
Definitions
- supply shortage, scarcity of supply a situation where the quantity of a good or service supplied is less than the quantity demanded at the current price
Ancestry of “Angebotsknappheit”, step by step
Angebotsknappheit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Knappheit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Knappheit | scarcity, shortage |
| 2 | German | -heit | Converts an adjective into a noun and usually... |
| 3 | Middle High German | -heit | ness, -ity, -hood; forms nouns from adjectives, denoting the abstract quality of the adjective |
| 4 | Old High German | -heit | nature, character |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -haidu | hood |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | haiduz | manner, way; personality, character; appearance |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kayt- | — |