Where does “Aufsichtsrat” come from?

Aufsichtsrat (German) comes from German rät, from Middle High German rāt, from Old High German rāt, from Proto-West Germanic rād, from Proto-Germanic rēdaz, from Proto-Indo-European Hréh₁dʰos, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₁dʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

Aufsichtsrat (German): supervisory board

Definitions

  1. supervisory board

Ancestry of “Aufsichtsrat”, step by step

Aufsichtsrat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German rät

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanrätthird-person singular present of raten
2Middle High Germanrātadvice, a piece of advice, counsel
3Old High Germanrātadvice, council; advise
4Proto-West Germanicrādadvice, counsel
5Proto-Germanicrēdazadvice, counsel
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanHréh₁dʰos—
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₁dʰ-to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via German Aufsicht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAufsichtsupervision, oversight
2Germanaufsehento look up
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₁dʰ- →