Where does “Ermessensspielraum” come from?
Ermessensspielraum (German) comes from German Spielraum, from German spielen, from Middle High German [[spiln, from Old High German spilōn, from Proto-West Germanic spilōn, from Proto-West Germanic -ōn, from Proto-Germanic -ōną, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti — he, she.
Ermessensspielraum (German): (area of) discretion; discretionary judgment
Definitions
- (area of) discretion; discretionary judgment
Ancestry of “Ermessensspielraum”, step by step
Ermessensspielraum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Spielraum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Spielraum | leeway, elbow room, latitude extent to which means and circumstances allow one to be flexible in approaching a situation |
| 2 | German | spielen | to play |
| 3 | Middle High German | [[spiln | — |
| 4 | Old High German | spilōn | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | spilōn | to play; to dance, move |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -ōn | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via German ermessen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | ermessen | to consider |