Where does “Druckwesen” come from?

Druckwesen (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.

Druckwesen (German): Entirety of infrastructural and organisational facilities related to printing

Definitions

  1. Entirety of infrastructural and organisational facilities related to printing

Ancestry of “Druckwesen”, step by step

Druckwesen 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 wēsen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwēsencreature, being
2Middle High Germanwësen
3Old High Germanwesanto be, exist
4Proto-West Germanicwesanto be
5Proto-Germanic*wesaną
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwes-to dress, clothe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European térmn̥Every word from Proto-Italic termenosEvery word from Proto-Indo-European ter-