Where does “Bußsakrament” come from?
Bußsakrament (German) comes from German Buße, from Middle High German buoze, from Old High German buoza, from Proto-Turkic botu, from Spanish voto, from Latin vōtum, from Latin votus, from Latin vovere — to promise, to vow; to praise.
Bußsakrament (German): confession
Definitions
- confession
Ancestry of “Bußsakrament”, step by step
Bußsakrament traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Buße
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Buße | penance; fine |
| 2 | Middle High German | buoze | — |
| 3 | Old High German | buoza | — |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | botu | — |
| 5 | Spanish | voto | vote; vow |
| 6 | Latin | vōtum | promise, dedication, vow, solemn pledge |
| 7 | Latin | votus | vowed, promised; devoted to (a deity); having been vowed |
| 8 | Latin | vovere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 9 | Latin | voveo | I vow, promise; I dedicate or devote to a deity;... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | wogʷeō | I vow, promise; dedicate or devote to a deity; I... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁wegʷʰ- | to promise, to vow; to praise |
via German Sakrament
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Sakrament | sacrament |
| 2 | Middle High German | sacrament | — |
| 3 | Latin | sacrāmentum | a sum of money deposited in pledge by two individuals involved in a suit, the money of the loser in the suit being used for religious purposes |
| 4 | Latin | sacrō | to declare or set apart as sacred; consecrate, dedicate, hallow or devote; sanctify, enshrine |
| 5 | Latin | sacer | sacred, holy, dedicated (to a divinity), consecrated, hallowed |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sh₂krós | sacred |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | seh₂k- | sacred |