Where does “Erfolgserlebnis” come from?

Erfolgserlebnis (German) comes from German Erlebnis, from German -nis, from Middle High German -nisse, from Old High German -nissī, from Proto-West Germanic -nassī, from Proto-Germanic -inassuz, from Proto-West Germanic -ī, from Proto-Germanic -į̄ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Erfolgserlebnis (German): sense of achievement

Definitions

  1. sense of achievement

Ancestry of “Erfolgserlebnis”, step by step

Erfolgserlebnis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Erlebnis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanErlebnisexperience
2German-nisA suffix for deriving nouns from verbs or...
3Middle High German-nisse
4Old High German-nissī
5Proto-West Germanic-nassīUsed to form abstract nouns, usually from...
6Proto-Germanic-inassuz-ness
7Proto-West Germanic-ness, -th
8Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
9Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
10Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via German Erfolg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanErfolgsuccess
2Germanerfolgento happen, occur, take place; to follow, ensue
3Germanfolgēnto follow on the same path or in a sequence
4Middle High Germanvolgen
5Old High Germanfolgēnto follow
6Proto-West Germanicfolgēnto follow
7Proto-Germanicfulgānąto follow
8Proto-Germanicfullazfull; the whole, the entire
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄Every word from German -nis