Where does “Anwendungsfall” come from?

Anwendungsfall (German) comes from German Anwendung, from German anwenden, from German an, from Middle High German āne, from Old High German āna, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic ana — on, onto.

Anwendungsfall (German): use case

Definitions

  1. use case

Ancestry of “Anwendungsfall”, step by step

Anwendungsfall traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Anwendung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAnwendungapplication
2Germananwendento use, apply, utilize or deploy
3Germananon; upon; at; in; against; by; near; close to;...
4Middle High Germanānewithout
5Old High Germanānawithout
6Proto-West Germanicanaon
7Proto-Germanic*an
8Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via German fäll

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfällsingular imperative of fällen; first-person...
2Middle High Germanvalfall; case
3Old High Germanvalfall
4Proto-West Germanicfalla fall; death, destruction, downfall
5Proto-Germanicfallaza fall; death, destruction, downfall
6GermanFalzfold; rabbet, rebate; seam
7Latinfalxsickle, scythe; a hook used to pull down walls
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰelg-a cutting tool; to stick; needle, pin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-Every word from Proto-Germanic anaEvery word from Proto-Germanic *an