Where does “Fünfprozenthürde” come from?
Fünfprozenthürde (German) comes from German Prozent, from Italian per cento, from Latin centum, from Latin folium, from Proto-Italic *foljom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰolh₃yom, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₃-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.
Fünfprozenthürde (German): 5% threshold, 5-percent clause
Definitions
- 5% threshold, 5-percent clause
Ancestry of “Fünfprozenthürde”, step by step
Fünfprozenthürde traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German Prozent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Prozent | percent |
| 2 | Italian | per cento | percent |
| 3 | Latin | centum | a hundred; 100 |
| 4 | Latin | folium | a leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *foljom | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰolh₃yom | leaf |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via German Hürde
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Hürde | hurdle |
| 2 | English | hurdle | An artificial barrier, variously constructed,... |
| 3 | Middle English | hurdel | Alternative form of hirdel |
| 4 | Old English | hyrdel | a frame made of intertwined twigs or bars; hurdle |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hurdiz | wickerwork door or frame, hurdle |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥h₂tis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kreh₂- | — |