Where does “Echtheitszertifikat” come from?
Echtheitszertifikat (German) comes from German Echtheit, from German echt, from Middle High German echt, from Middle Low German echt, from Old Dutch ēhaft, from Proto-West Germanic aiwahaft, from Proto-West Germanic haft, from Proto-Germanic haftaz — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
Echtheitszertifikat (German): certificate of authenticity
Definitions
- certificate of authenticity
Ancestry of “Echtheitszertifikat”, step by step
Echtheitszertifikat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Echtheit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Echtheit | authenticity |
| 2 | German | echt | authentic, genuine, true; real; factual; proper |
| 3 | Middle High German | echt | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | echt | lawful, genuine |
| 5 | Old Dutch | ēhaft | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | aiwahaft | lawful; true, genuine, real; honourable |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | haft | captive |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | haftaz | captive, bound |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂ptós | grabbed |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |
via German Zertifikat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Zertifikat | certificate |
| 2 | French | certificat | certificate, certification, credentials; diploma |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | certificatum | certificate; certification; diploma |
| 4 | Latin | facio | I do; I make, construct, fashion, frame, build,... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | fakjō | to make |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *θakjō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *dʰh₁k-yé-ti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |