Where does “Erhaltungszustand” come from?

Erhaltungszustand (German) comes from German Erhaltung, from German erhalten, from German er-, from Middle High German er-, from Old High German ir-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz-, from Proto-Indo-European uss- — out, outward.

Erhaltungszustand (German): conservation status, state of preservation

Definitions

  1. conservation status, state of preservation

Ancestry of “Erhaltungszustand”, step by step

Erhaltungszustand traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Erhaltung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanErhaltungmaintenance, preservation
2Germanerhaltento receive; to receive, to win; to maintain, to...
3Germaner-Inseparable verbal prefix that indicates a...
4Middle High Germaner-
5Old High Germanir-thoroughly
6Proto-West Germanicuʀ-out, over; off, away
7Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
8Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-
9Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
10Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

via German zustand

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanzustandcondition; state
2Germanzustehento be entitled; to occur
3Germanzu-Prefix meaning to, to-, at, on, by; Obsolete form...
4Middle High Germanzuo-
5Old High Germanzuo-
6Proto-West Germanic*tō
7Proto-Germanicto
8Proto-Indo-EuropeandeEmphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European údEvery word from Proto-Indo-European uds-Every word from German er-
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