Where does “Devisenabfluss” come from?
Devisenabfluss (German) comes from German Abfluss, from German Fluß, from German fließen, from Middle High German vlieȥen, from Old High German flioȥan, from Proto-West Germanic fleutan, from Proto-Germanic fleutaną, from Proto-Indo-European plewd- — to fly, flow, run.
Devisenabfluss (German): outflow of foreign currency, foreign exchange outflow
Definitions
- outflow of foreign currency, foreign exchange outflow
Ancestry of “Devisenabfluss”, step by step
Devisenabfluss traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Abfluss
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Abfluss | drain; plughole; outlet |
| 2 | German | Fluß | Formerly standard spelling of Fluss which was... |
| 3 | German | fließen | to flow |
| 4 | Middle High German | vlieȥen | to flow, run |
| 5 | Old High German | flioȥan | to flow, to run |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | fleutan | to float; to stream |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fleutaną | to float, stream |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | plewd- | to fly, flow, run |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |
via German Devise
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Devise | motto; foreign currency |
| 2 | French | devise | motto; assets in foreign currency; currency |
| 3 | Latin | dīvidō | to divide, separate |
| 4 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 5 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 6 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |