Where does “Briefnotierung” come from?

Briefnotierung (German) comes from German brief, from Middle High German brief, from Old High German briaf, from Latin breve, from Latin brevis, from Proto-Italic *breɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European mréǵʰus, from Proto-Indo-European mreǵʰ- — short.

Briefnotierung (German): ask quotation; offered price a price quotation indicating that there is supply for a security but no matching demand, often marked with the suffix "B"

Definitions

  1. ask quotation; offered price a price quotation indicating that there is supply for a security but no matching demand, often marked with the suffix "B"

Ancestry of “Briefnotierung”, step by step

Briefnotierung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German brief

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbriefletter (written message)
2Middle High Germanbrief
3Old High Germanbriaf
4Latinbrevenominative neuter singular of brevis; accusative...
5Latinbrevisshort, small, little, narrow; brief, short;...
6Proto-Italic*breɣʷis
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmréǵʰusshort; brief
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmreǵʰ-short

via German Notierung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanNotierungquotation; listing the official price or the act of listing a security on an exchange
2Germannotierento note, to note down, to write down
3Middle High Germannotieren
4Latinnotōto mark, make a mark
5Latinsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mreǵʰ-