Where does “Ausgleichszahlung” come from?
Ausgleichszahlung (German) comes from German Ausgleich, from German ausgleichen, from German aus-, from German Aus, from English out, from Middle English oute, from Old English ūt, from Proto-West Germanic *ūt — out, outward.
Ausgleichszahlung (German): pay-off, compensation
Definitions
- pay-off, compensation
Ancestry of “Ausgleichszahlung”, step by step
Ausgleichszahlung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Ausgleich
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Ausgleich | compensation; hotchpot; equalizer, tie |
| 2 | German | ausgleichen | to balance; to compensate |
| 3 | German | aus- | out- |
| 4 | German | Aus | an out; the end of play for an individual or a... |
| 5 | English | out | Away from the inside, centre or other point of... |
| 6 | Middle English | oute | out |
| 7 | Old English | ūt | out |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | *ūt | out, outward |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | ūt | out, outward |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |
via German Zählung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Zählung | count (the process and the result of establishing the number or quantity of items); census; metering, reckoning |
| 2 | German | zählen | to count; to reckon, to consider, to deem; to... |
| 3 | Middle High German | zeln | — |
| 4 | Old High German | zellan | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | talljan | to count, to enumerate; to recount, to tell |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | taljaną | to enumerate, count; to account, recount, tell |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | talą | speech; number |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dol- | reckoning, calculation, fraud; calculation, fraud |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |