Where does “Entsatztruppe” come from?

Entsatztruppe (German) comes from German Entsatz, from German entsetzen, from German setzen, from Middle High German setzen, from Old High German sezzen, from Proto-West Germanic *sattjan, from Proto-Germanic satjaną, from Proto-Indo-European sodéyeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

Entsatztruppe (German): relieving unit, relieving formation

Definitions

  1. relieving unit, relieving formation

Ancestry of “Entsatztruppe”, step by step

Entsatztruppe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Entsatz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanEntsatzrelief
2Germanentsetzento shock, to horrify, to appall; to relieve
3Germansetzento set; to put; to sit down; to settle
4Middle High Germansetzento set, place down
5Old High Germansezzento make sit, set, put
6Proto-West Germanic*sattjanto set, place
7Proto-Germanicsatjanąto set, to place down
8Proto-Indo-Europeansodéyetito set, to seat, to cause to sit
9Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
10Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

via German truppe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantruppetroupe (company of actors, etc.)
2Frenchtroupetroop
3Frenchtroupeauherd (of horses, bulls, elephants, buffalo etc.)
4Middle Frenchtrope
5Old Frenchtropeband, company, troop
6Medieval Latintroppusflock; herd, flock
7Proto-Germanicþurpąvillage, rural settlement; gathering of people;...
8Proto-Indo-Europeantreb-settlement, dwelling; to build, dwell
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti