Where does “Bruttoverdienst” come from?

Bruttoverdienst (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.

Bruttoverdienst (German): gross earnings total earnings before any deductions

Definitions

  1. gross earnings total earnings before any deductions

Ancestry of “Bruttoverdienst”, step by step

Bruttoverdienst 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 Verdienst

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanVerdienstmerit; wages, earnings, income
2Middle High Germanverdienst—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -us →
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