Where does “Entlassungswelle” come from?
Entlassungswelle (German) comes from German Entlassung, from German entlassen, from German lassen, from Middle High German lāzen, from Old High German lāzan, from Proto-West Germanic lātan, from Proto-Germanic lētaną, from Proto-Indo-European leh₁d- — to be tired.
Entlassungswelle (German): wave of layoffs, spate of dismissals a period during which a large number of employees are terminated by one or more employers, typically due to economic downturns or restructuring
Definitions
- wave of layoffs, spate of dismissals a period during which a large number of employees are terminated by one or more employers, typically due to economic downturns or restructuring
Ancestry of “Entlassungswelle”, step by step
Entlassungswelle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Entlassung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Entlassung | release; dismissal |
| 2 | German | entlassen | to release; to dismiss, to fire |
| 3 | German | lassen | to allow; to permit; to let |
| 4 | Middle High German | lāzen | — |
| 5 | Old High German | lāzan | to let, let go, leave; to let, let go, release |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | lātan | to let, to allow; to leave alone |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | lētaną | to let, to allow; to leave alone |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leh₁d- | to be tired |
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 |