Where does “Erpressungsgeld” come from?
Erpressungsgeld (German) comes from German geld, from Middle High German gelt, from Old High German gelt, from Proto-West Germanic geld, from Proto-Germanic geldą, from Proto-Indo-European gʰeldʰ- — to repay, reward; to pay; to pay for, repay.
Erpressungsgeld (German): extortion money
Definitions
- extortion money
Ancestry of “Erpressungsgeld”, step by step
Erpressungsgeld traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German geld
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | geld | money |
| 2 | Middle High German | gelt | — |
| 3 | Old High German | gelt | payment, money |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | geld | money |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | geldą | That which is paid out; reward, gift, money |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰeldʰ- | to repay, reward; to pay; to pay for, repay |
via German Erpressung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Erpressung | blackmail; coercion the act, sometimes punishable, of forcing someone to some behaviour by means of a threat |