Where does “Dauerzustand” come from?
Dauerzustand (German) comes from German dauer, from German dauern, from Middle High German dūren, from Middle Low German dūren, from Old French durer, from Latin dūrō, from Latin dūrus, from Proto-Italic dūros — far; long.
Dauerzustand (German): permanent condition, permanent state
Definitions
- permanent condition, permanent state
Ancestry of “Dauerzustand”, step by step
Dauerzustand traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German dauer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | dauer | inflection of dauern: ## first-person singular... |
| 2 | German | dauern | to last, to continue, to persist; to last, to be... |
| 3 | Middle High German | dūren | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | dūren | — |
| 5 | Old French | durer | to last |
| 6 | Latin | dūrō | to harden, make hard |
| 7 | Latin | dūrus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | dūros | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | duh₂-ró-s | long, far |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dweh₂- | far; long |
via German zustand
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | zustand | condition; state |
| 2 | German | zustehen | to be entitled; to occur |
| 3 | German | zu- | Prefix meaning to, to-, at, on, by; Obsolete form... |
| 4 | Middle High German | zuo- | — |
| 5 | Old High German | zuo- | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *tō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tō | to |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | de | Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;... |