Where does “Bindungsvermögen” come from?

Bindungsvermögen (German) comes from German Bindung, from German binden, from Middle High German binden, from Old High German bintan, from Proto-West Germanic bindan, from Proto-Germanic bindaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ- — to bind; bond.

Bindungsvermögen (German): binding capacity

Definitions

  1. binding capacity

Ancestry of “Bindungsvermögen”, step by step

Bindungsvermögen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Bindung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBindungcommitment, obligation; bond, attachment
2Germanbindento tie up; to fasten; to bind together; to knot;...
3Middle High Germanbindento bind
4Old High Germanbintanto bind
5Proto-West Germanicbindanto bind, to tie
6Proto-Germanicbindanąto bind, to tie
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰendʰ-to bind; bond

via German vermögen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanvermögento be able to; may; to cause someone to do...
2Middle High Germanvermügen
3Old High Germanfirmugan
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic bindanąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic bindan