Where does “Armutsgrenze” come from?
Armutsgrenze (German) comes from German Armut, from Middle High German armuot, from Old High German armuotī, from Proto-West Germanic armōdī, from Proto-Germanic armōdiją, from Proto-Germanic armaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ermos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- — to fit, to fix, to put together.
Armutsgrenze (German): poverty line
Definitions
- poverty line
Ancestry of “Armutsgrenze”, step by step
Armutsgrenze traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Armut
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Armut | poverty |
| 2 | Middle High German | armuot | — |
| 3 | Old High German | armuotī | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | armōdī | poverty |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | armōdiją | poverty |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | armaz | arm; poor, miserable; pitiful, pitiable |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ermos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |