Where does “Festgehalt” come from?

Festgehalt (German) comes from German fëst, from Middle High German fëst, from Latin festum, from Latin fēstus, from Proto-Italic fēstos.

Festgehalt (German): fixed salary, base pay a predetermined amount of money paid to an employee that does not vary with performance or hours worked

Definitions

  1. fixed salary, base pay a predetermined amount of money paid to an employee that does not vary with performance or hours worked

Ancestry of “Festgehalt”, step by step

Festgehalt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German fëst

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfëst—
2Middle High Germanfëst—
3Latinfestuma holiday, festival; a banquet, feast
4LatinfēstusOf or pertaining to holidays; festive, festal, joyful, merry
5Proto-Italicfēstos—

via German Gehalt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGehaltsalary; content
2Middle High Germangehalten—
3Old High Germangihaltan—
Every word from Proto-Italic fēstos →