Where does “Bedarfsgegenstand” come from?

Bedarfsgegenstand (German) comes from German Bedarf, from Middle Low German bedarf, from Middle Low German bedörven, from Old Saxon bi-, from Old Saxon bī, from Old English bī-, from Old English bī, from Proto-West Germanic bī — on, onto.

Bedarfsgegenstand (German): commodity

Definitions

  1. commodity

Ancestry of “Bedarfsgegenstand”, step by step

Bedarfsgegenstand traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Bedarf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBedarfneed; demand
2Middle Low Germanbedarf—
3Middle Low Germanbedörven—
4Old Saxonbi-A productive prefix usually used to form verbs...
5Old Saxonbīby, near, around
6Old Englishbī-by, near, around; by-
7Old Englishbīlullaby!; near, by; by, near, around
8Proto-West Germanicbīby, at; near, around
9Proto-Germanicbiby, at; near, around
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂m̥bʰiaround, on either side of, about; in exchange...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂n̥tbʰi—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éntsforehead; front
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ent-face; forehead; front
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via German gegenstand

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germangegenstandobject, item, thing, article
2LatinobiectumA charge, accusation
3Latinobiectusoffered, presented; exposed; interposed, opposed
4Latinobiciōto throw or put to, towards, in front of or before
5Latinob-towards; against
6Latinobolusobolus (Greek coin)
7Ancient Greekὀβολόςobol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
8Ancient Greekὀβελόςa spit, rod; a horizontal line
9Ancient Greekβέλοςmissile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
10Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷélHos—
11Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷelH-to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ent- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂énts →