Where does “Durchschnittseinkommen” come from?

Durchschnittseinkommen (German) comes from German einkommen, from German kommen, from Middle High German quemen, from Old High German kweman, from Proto-West Germanic kweman, from Proto-Germanic kwemaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʷémt, from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- — to step.

Durchschnittseinkommen (German): average income

Definitions

  1. average income

Ancestry of “Durchschnittseinkommen”, step by step

Durchschnittseinkommen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German einkommen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germaneinkommento earn; to come in; to come to mind
2Germankommento come; to arrive; to come to; to come over; to...
3Middle High Germanquemento come
4Old High Germankwemanto come
5Proto-West Germanickwemanto come
6Proto-Germanickwemanąto come
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʷémtto step, to take a step; to arrive
8Proto-Indo-Europeangʷem-to step

via German Durchschnitt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanDurchschnittaverage; intersection
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷémt →Every word from Proto-Germanic kwemaną →