Where does “Ersatzhaltestelle” come from?
Ersatzhaltestelle (German) comes from German Ersatz, from German ersetzen, from Middle High German ersetzen, from Old High German irsezzen, from Proto-Germanic *uʀsattjan, from Proto-Germanic *sattjan, from Proto-Germanic satjaną, from Proto-Indo-European sodéyeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
Ersatzhaltestelle (German): replacement stop
Definitions
- replacement stop
Ancestry of “Ersatzhaltestelle”, step by step
Ersatzhaltestelle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Ersatz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Ersatz | replacement, substitute; compensation |
| 2 | German | ersetzen | to replace, to substitute |
| 3 | Middle High German | ersetzen | — |
| 4 | Old High German | irsezzen | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *uʀsattjan | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *sattjan | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | satjaną | to set, to place down |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sodéyeti | to set, to seat, to cause to sit |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
via German Haltestelle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Haltestelle | stop |
| 2 | German | halten | to hold; to stop; to halt; to hold back; to... |
| 3 | English | halt | To limp; move with a limping gait; To stand in... |
| 4 | Middle English | halt | Limping, lame, crippled |
| 5 | Old English | healt | lame, limping |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | halt | lame, halt |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | haltaz | lame, halt |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kol-d- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kel- | to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet |