Where does “Erbfeindschaft” come from?
Erbfeindschaft (German) comes from German erben, from Middle High German erben, from Old High German erben, from Old High German erbi, from Proto-West Germanic arbī, from Proto-Germanic arbiją, from Proto-Indo-European h₃erbʰ- — to change allegiance, status, ownership;...
Erbfeindschaft (German): blood feud
Definitions
- blood feud
Ancestry of “Erbfeindschaft”, step by step
Erbfeindschaft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German erben
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | erben | to inherit |
| 2 | Middle High German | erben | — |
| 3 | Old High German | erben | — |
| 4 | Old High German | erbi | heritage |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | arbī | inheritance |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | arbiją | heritage, inheritance |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃erbʰ- | to change allegiance, status, ownership;... |
via German Feindschaft
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Feindschaft | enmity, hostility |
| 2 | German | -schaft | -ship, -hood |
| 3 | Old High German | -skaft | ship |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -skapi | Forms nouns denoting state, originally meaning... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -skapiz | Forms nouns denoting state, originally meaning... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skapjaną | to make, to create; to shape |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | skab- | to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,... |