Where does “Fachkraft” come from?

Fachkraft (German) comes from German kraft, from Middle High German kraft, from Old High German kraft, from Proto-West Germanic kraftu, from Proto-Germanic kraftuz, from Proto-Germanic -þuz, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

Fachkraft (German): expert; trained professional

Definitions

  1. expert; trained professional

Ancestry of “Fachkraft”, step by step

Fachkraft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German kraft

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankrafton the basis of; by virtue of; by means of,...
2Middle High Germankraft
3Old High Germankraft
4Proto-West Germanickraftustrength, power; skill
5Proto-Germanickraftuzstrength, power
6Proto-Germanic-þuzForms result nouns from verb roots, usually from...
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via German fach

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfachsecond-person singular imperative of fachen
2Middle High Germanvach-fold
3Old High Germanfahwall
4Proto-Germanic*fak
5Proto-GermanicfakąAn enclosed or defined space; division;...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ǵ-to attach

Words derived from “Fachkraft

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus