Where does “Bearbeitungsgebühr” come from?

Bearbeitungsgebühr (German) comes from German Bearbeitung, from German bearbeiten, from German arbeiten, from Old High German arbeiten, from Proto-Germanic arbaidijaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₃órbʰos, from Proto-Indo-European h₃erbʰ- — to change allegiance, status, ownership;...

Bearbeitungsgebühr (German): processing fee, handling fee, service charge a sum of money charged to cover the costs of administration or handling a specific task

Definitions

  1. processing fee, handling fee, service charge a sum of money charged to cover the costs of administration or handling a specific task

Ancestry of “Bearbeitungsgebühr”, step by step

Bearbeitungsgebühr traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Bearbeitung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBearbeitungedit; processing; dressing
2Germanbearbeitento edit; to work on something; to hit, to strike,...
3Germanarbeitento work; to work, function, run, operate; to...
4Old High Germanarbeitento toil, work hard
5Proto-Germanicarbaidijanąto work
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃órbʰosorphan; servant, slave, worker
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃erbʰ-to change allegiance, status, ownership;...

via German Gebühr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGebührfee
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃erbʰ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃órbʰosEvery word from Proto-Germanic arbaidijaną