Where does “Einstellungswelle” come from?
Einstellungswelle (German) comes from German Einstellung, from German einstellen, from Dutch instellen, from Dutch in, from Middle Dutch in, from Old Dutch in, from Proto-West Germanic *in, from Proto-Germanic in — in.
Einstellungswelle (German): hiring spree, hiring wave a period during which a large number of new employees are hired by a company or across an industry
Definitions
- hiring spree, hiring wave a period during which a large number of new employees are hired by a company or across an industry
Ancestry of “Einstellungswelle”, step by step
Einstellungswelle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Einstellung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Einstellung | attitude; hiring, beginning of an employment;... |
| 2 | German | einstellen | to employ, to hire; to adjust; to prepare |
| 3 | Dutch | instellen | to set (up), to configure |
| 4 | Dutch | in | in, inside; into; in; expressing containment |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | in | in, inside, within; into; within |
| 6 | Old Dutch | in | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *in | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | in | in; into |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | én | in |
via German welle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | welle | inflection of wellen: ## first-person singular... |
| 2 | Middle High German | wëlle | — |
| 3 | Old High German | wella | source |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | wallan | to well up, spring out, bubble forth |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | wallaną | to well up, spring out, bubble forth |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wēlH- | to roll, to undulate |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | welH- | to turn, to wind |