Where does “Fünfprozentklausel” come from?
Fünfprozentklausel (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-.
Fünfprozentklausel (German): 5-percent clause, 5% threshold
Definitions
- 5-percent clause, 5% threshold
Ancestry of “Fünfprozentklausel”, step by step
Fünfprozentklausel 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 Klausel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Klausel | term; clause |
| 2 | Spanish | cláusula | clause |
| 3 | Portuguese | cláusula | clause |
| 4 | Italian | clausola | clause, codicil |
| 5 | Latin | clausula | conclusion, close, end; the close of a period;... |
| 6 | Latin | -ula | regō + API → rēgula; tegō + API → tēgula;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |