Where does “Anwendungsmöglichkeit” come from?

Anwendungsmöglichkeit (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.

Anwendungsmöglichkeit (German): scope, applicability, relevance; possible /...

Definitions

  1. scope, applicability, relevance; possible /...

Ancestry of “Anwendungsmöglichkeit”, step by step

Anwendungsmöglichkeit 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 Möglichkeit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMöglichkeitpossibility, likelihood; option, choice
2Germanmöglichpossible; potential; likely; a whole bunch of; a...
3Germanmögento like; to want to go; may
4Middle High Germanmugencan
5Old High Germanmugancan, be able, must, shall, may
6Proto-West Germanicmaganto be able, may
7Proto-Germanicmaganąto be able, may
8Proto-Indo-European(me)mógʰeto have power, to be able to
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmegʰ-to be able
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-Every word from Proto-Germanic anaEvery word from Proto-Germanic *an