Where does “Bundestagspräsident” come from?
Bundestagspräsident (German) comes from German Bundestag, from German tag, from German guten Tag, from Alemannic German Tag, from Middle High German tac, from Old High German tag, from Proto-West Germanic dag, from Proto-Germanic dagaz — to burn; warm, hot.
Bundestagspräsident (German): speaker the chair or presiding officer of the Bundestag
Definitions
- speaker the chair or presiding officer of the Bundestag
Ancestry of “Bundestagspräsident”, step by step
Bundestagspräsident traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Bundestag
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Bundestag | federal/state parliament |
| 2 | German | tag | singular imperative of tagen |
| 3 | German | guten Tag | hello, good day, good afternoon |
| 4 | Alemannic German | Tag | day |
| 5 | Middle High German | tac | Alternative form of tag |
| 6 | Old High German | tag | day |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | dag | day |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | dagaz | day; name of the D-rune |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰegʷʰ- | to burn; warm, hot |
via German Präsident
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Präsident | president; chairman, chairperson, chair |
| 2 | French | président | president; Speaker; third-person plural present... |
| 3 | Latin | praesidēns | sitting before or in front of |