Where does “Bestandsverzeichnis” come from?

Bestandsverzeichnis (German) comes from German Verzeichnis, from German -nis, from Middle High German -nisse, from Old High German -nissī, from Proto-West Germanic -nassī, from Proto-Germanic -inassuz, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Bestandsverzeichnis (German): inventory list, stock register, asset register a systematic list of all items, goods, or assets currently held by an entity

Definitions

  1. inventory list, stock register, asset register a systematic list of all items, goods, or assets currently held by an entity

Ancestry of “Bestandsverzeichnis”, step by step

Bestandsverzeichnis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Verzeichnis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanVerzeichnisindex; directory
2German-nisA suffix for deriving nouns from verbs or...
3Middle High German-nisse
4Old High German-nissī
5Proto-West Germanic-nassīUsed to form abstract nouns, usually from...
6Proto-Germanic-inassuz-ness
7Proto-West Germanic-ness, -th
8Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
9Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
10Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

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 -h₂Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄Every word from German -nis