Where does “Einkommenskluft” come from?

Einkommenskluft (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.

Einkommenskluft (German): income gap, income chasm a significant difference in income between different social groups, classes, or regions

Definitions

  1. income gap, income chasm a significant difference in income between different social groups, classes, or regions

Ancestry of “Einkommenskluft”, step by step

Einkommenskluft 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 kluft

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankluftcleft, fissure, joint
2Old High Germankluft—
3Proto-Germanickluftizsplitting
4Proto-Germanickleubanąto split, to cleave
5Proto-Indo-Europeanglewbʰ-to split
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷem- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷémt →Every word from Proto-Germanic kwemaną →