Where does “Dienstleistungsgewerbe” come from?
Dienstleistungsgewerbe (German) comes from German Dienstleistung, from German Leistung, from German leisten, from Middle High German leisten, from Old High German leisten, from Proto-Germanic laistijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
Dienstleistungsgewerbe (German): service industry, service trade businesses and trades that provide services rather than tangible goods
Definitions
- service industry, service trade businesses and trades that provide services rather than tangible goods
Ancestry of “Dienstleistungsgewerbe”, step by step
Dienstleistungsgewerbe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Dienstleistung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Dienstleistung | service, provision of services |
| 2 | German | Leistung | performance, accomplishment; service; contractual... |
| 3 | German | leisten | to perform; to afford |
| 4 | Middle High German | leisten | — |
| 5 | Old High German | leisten | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | laistijaną | to follow, to track; to pursue |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via German gewerbe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | gewerbe | business, commercial enterprise, industry, trade |
| 2 | Middle High German | gewerbe | — |
| 3 | Middle High German | werben | — |
| 4 | Old High German | werban | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hwerbaną | to turn; turn around; to move; move about; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷerp- | to turn; to whirl, to twist |