Where does “Drucksache” come from?

Drucksache (German) comes from German Druck, from German drücken, from Middle High German drücken, from Old High German drucchen, from Proto-West Germanic þrukkijan, from Proto-Germanic þrukkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine — boundary, end.

Drucksache (German): printed matter

Definitions

  1. printed matter

Ancestry of “Drucksache”, step by step

Drucksache traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Druck

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanDruckpressure; print
2Germandrückento press; to push; to squeeze; to hug; to shirk;...
3Middle High Germandrücken
4Old High Germandrucchento press
5Proto-West Germanicþrukkijanto press
6Proto-Germanicþrukkijanąto press on; to crowd
7Proto-Indo-Europeanter-tender, weak; young creature
8Italiantermineend, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word
9Latinterminusa boundary, limit, end
10Proto-Italictermenos
11Proto-Indo-Europeantérmn̥boundary, end

via German sache

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansachematter, affair, case, question, issue
2Middle High Germansache
3Old High Germansahha
4Proto-West Germanicsakuaccusation, charge; case
5Proto-Germanicsakōquarrel; charge, case, lawsuit; thing, matter
6Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₂g-to seek out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European térmn̥Every word from Proto-Italic termenosEvery word from Proto-Indo-European ter-