Where does “Beobachtungsposten” come from?
Beobachtungsposten (German) comes from German Beobachtung, from German beobachten, from German Obacht, from German ob-, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός, from Ancient Greek ὀβελός — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
Beobachtungsposten (German): lookout, watchpost, observation post
Definitions
- lookout, watchpost, observation post
Ancestry of “Beobachtungsposten”, step by step
Beobachtungsposten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Beobachtung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Beobachtung | monitoring; surveillance; supervision;... |
| 2 | German | beobachten | to watch, to observe |
| 3 | German | Obacht | care, attention, heed |
| 4 | German | ob- | over-, super-; ob- |
| 5 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 6 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |
via German posten
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | posten | to post; inflection of posen: ##... |
| 2 | English | post | A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground;... |
| 3 | Middle French | poste | — |
| 4 | Italian | posta | mail, post; post office; stakes |
| 5 | Italian | posto | place, spot |
| 6 | Latin | positus | placed; ordained |
| 7 | Latin | pōnō | to place; to put; to lay |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | poznō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | pozinō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | sinō | — |