Where does “Bestandserhaltung” come from?

Bestandserhaltung (German) comes from German Erhaltung, from German erhalten, from German er-, from Middle High German er-, from Old High German ir-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz-, from Proto-Indo-European uss- — out, outward.

Bestandserhaltung (German): preservation chiefly the conservation and restoration of collections housed in museums, libraries or archives

Definitions

  1. preservation chiefly the conservation and restoration of collections housed in museums, libraries or archives

Ancestry of “Bestandserhaltung”, step by step

Bestandserhaltung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Erhaltung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanErhaltungmaintenance, preservation
2Germanerhaltento receive; to receive, to win; to maintain, to...
3Germaner-Inseparable verbal prefix that indicates a...
4Middle High Germaner-
5Old High Germanir-thoroughly
6Proto-West Germanicuʀ-out, over; off, away
7Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
8Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-
9Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
10Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

via German bestand

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbestandfirst/third-person singular preterite of bestehen
2Germanbe-Inseparable verbal prefix that signifies working...
3Germanbe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd
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