Where does “Finanzanlage” come from?
Finanzanlage (German) comes from German Anlage, from German anlegen, from German an, from Middle High German āne, from Old High German āna, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic ana — on, onto.
Finanzanlage (German): financial asset, financial investment an investment in financial instruments like stocks, bonds, or bank deposits, rather than physical goods
Definitions
- financial asset, financial investment an investment in financial instruments like stocks, bonds, or bank deposits, rather than physical goods
Ancestry of “Finanzanlage”, step by step
Finanzanlage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Anlage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Anlage | public green area, site, park, garden; plant,... |
| 2 | German | anlegen | to create; to put on; to start a fight with |
| 3 | German | an | on; upon; at; in; against; by; near; close to;... |
| 4 | Middle High German | āne | without |
| 5 | Old High German | āna | without |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |