Where does “Bundesverfassungsgericht” come from?
Bundesverfassungsgericht (German) comes from German Verfassungsgericht, from German Gericht, from German richten, from Middle High German richten, from Old High German rihten, from Proto-West Germanic rihtijan, from Proto-Germanic rihtijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą — he, she.
Bundesverfassungsgericht (German): federal constitutional court
Definitions
- federal constitutional court
Ancestry of “Bundesverfassungsgericht”, step by step
Bundesverfassungsgericht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Verfassungsgericht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Verfassungsgericht | constitutional court |
| 2 | German | Gericht | court; judgement; dish |
| 3 | German | richten | to direct, to point; to fix, to rectify, to put... |
| 4 | Middle High German | richten | — |
| 5 | Old High German | rihten | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | rihtijan | to straighten to set straight; to align, to... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | rihtijaną | to straighten, to set straight; to align, to... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |