Where does “Bundesnachrichtendienst” come from?
Bundesnachrichtendienst (German) comes from German Nachrichten, from German Nachricht, from German nach-, from German nach, from Middle High German nāh, from Old High German nāh, from Proto-Germanic nēhwiz, from Proto-Germanic nēhw — to reach, to attain.
Bundesnachrichtendienst (German): Federal Intelligence Service
Definitions
- Federal Intelligence Service
Ancestry of “Bundesnachrichtendienst”, step by step
Bundesnachrichtendienst traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German Nachrichten
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Nachrichten | news; plural of Nachricht |
| 2 | German | Nachricht | message; notification; news |
| 3 | German | nach- | indicates a later action as in nacharbeiten,... |
| 4 | German | nach | after, past; after, behind; to, towards |
| 5 | Middle High German | nāh | — |
| 6 | Old High German | nāh | near, close; close, near |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | nēhwiz | closer, nearer |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | nēhw | near, close |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | nēhwaz | near, close |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂nḗḱwos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂neḱ- | to reach, to attain |
via German bund
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | bund | alliance, federation, league |
| 2 | Middle High German | bunt | — |
| 3 | Latin | punctus | pricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;... |
| 4 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via German dienst
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | dienst | second-person singular present of dienen |
| 2 | Middle High German | dienst | — |
| 3 | Old High German | dionest | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | þewanōstaz | service |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tekʷ- | to run, to flow |