Where does “Dateiverknüpfung” come from?

Dateiverknüpfung (German) comes from German Datei, from German Daten, from English date, from Middle English date, from Old French date, from Latin data, from Latin datum, from Latin datus — to give.

Dateiverknüpfung (German): file shortcut, file link

Definitions

  1. file shortcut, file link

Ancestry of “Dateiverknüpfung”, step by step

Dateiverknüpfung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Datei

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanDateifile
2GermanDatendata, plural of Datum
3EnglishdateThe fruit of the date palm, "Phoenix...
4Middle Englishdate
5Old Frenchdatedate point in time
6Latindatanominative feminine singular of datus; nominative...
7Latindatumgift, present; accusative supine of dō;...
8Latindatusgiven; offered; yielded
9Latindāre
10Proto-Italicdidōgive
11Proto-Indo-Europeandédeh₃tito be giving
12Proto-Indo-Europeandeh₃-to give

via German Verknüpfung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanVerknüpfunglink; link, shortcut; connection
2Germanverknüpfento combine
3GermanVer-Inseparable verbal prefix indicating privation or the direction of 'forth', 'away'
4Middle High Germanver-
5Proto-Germanicfra-off, away; completely, fully, up
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
8Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deh₃-Every word from Proto-Indo-European dédeh₃tiEvery word from Proto-Italic didō