Where does “Bruttogehalt” come from?

Bruttogehalt (German) comes from German brutto, from Italian brutto, from Latin brūtus, from Proto-Indo-European gʷréh₂us, from Proto-Indo-European -us — Forms adjectives from Caland system roots.

Bruttogehalt (German): gross salary the total amount of money an employee earns before any deductions are made

Definitions

  1. gross salary the total amount of money an employee earns before any deductions are made

Ancestry of “Bruttogehalt”, step by step

Bruttogehalt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German brutto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbruttogross
2Italianbruttougly, bad, nasty; ugly person; first-person...
3Latinbrūtus—
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷréh₂usheavy
5Proto-Indo-European-usForms adjectives from Caland system roots

via German Gehalt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGehaltsalary; content
2Middle High Germangehalten—
3Old High Germangihaltan—
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