Where does “Arbeitseinstellung” come from?

Arbeitseinstellung (German) comes from German Einstellung, from German einstellen, from Dutch instellen, from Dutch in, from Middle Dutch in, from Old Dutch in, from Proto-West Germanic *in, from Proto-Germanic in — in.

Arbeitseinstellung (German): walkout; attitude to work

Definitions

  1. walkout; attitude to work

Ancestry of “Arbeitseinstellung”, step by step

Arbeitseinstellung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Einstellung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanEinstellungattitude; hiring, beginning of an employment;...
2Germaneinstellento employ, to hire; to adjust; to prepare
3Dutchinstellento set (up), to configure
4Dutchinin, inside; into; in; expressing containment
5Middle Dutchinin, inside, within; into; within
6Old Dutchin
7Proto-West Germanic*in
8Proto-Germanicinin; into
9Proto-Indo-Europeanénin

via German arbeit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanarbeittoil, regularly performed work, regularly pursued economic activity, labor, job, employment, occupation
2Middle High Germanarbeit
3Old High Germanarbeit
4Proto-West Germanicarbaiþihardship
5Proto-Germanicarbaidizlabour, work, toil; hardship, suffering
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃órbʰosorphan; servant, slave, worker
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃erbʰ-to change allegiance, status, ownership;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European énEvery word from Proto-Germanic inEvery word from Proto-West Germanic *in