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
- 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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Erhaltung | maintenance, preservation |
| 2 | German | erhalten | to receive; to receive, to win; to maintain, to... |
| 3 | German | er- | Inseparable verbal prefix that indicates a... |
| 4 | Middle High German | er- | — |
| 5 | Old High German | ir- | thoroughly |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | uʀ- | out, over; off, away |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | uz- | up, out |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | uss- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | uds- | up, out |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |