Where does “Fremdkapitalgeber” come from?

Fremdkapitalgeber (German) comes from German Fremdkapital, from German fremd, from Middle High German vremde, from Old High German fremidi, from Proto-West Germanic framiþī, from Proto-Germanic framaþiz, from Swedish fram, from Old Norse fram — passed , crossed.

Fremdkapitalgeber (German): debt provider; creditor; lender an individual or entity that provides capital to a company in the form of loans or bonds, which must be repaid with interest

Definitions

  1. debt provider; creditor; lender an individual or entity that provides capital to a company in the form of loans or bonds, which must be repaid with interest

Ancestry of “Fremdkapitalgeber”, step by step

Fremdkapitalgeber traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Fremdkapital

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFremdkapitaloutside capital, borrowed capital
2Germanfremdstrange; foreign; external
3Middle High Germanvremdestranger, foreigner; strange, foreign
4Old High Germanfremidi
5Proto-West Germanicframiþīforeign, strange
6Proto-Germanicframaþizforeign, alien, strange
7Swedishframforward, in front
8Old Norseframforward, forth
9Proto-Germanicframfrom; by, due to; forth, forward
10Proto-Germanicframazforward, prominent
11Proto-Indo-Europeanprom-forth, forward
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
13Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
14Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via German Geber

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGebergiver, donor, grantor; encoder
2Arabicجابرto treat with kindness, to be nice; bonesetter,...
3ArabicبAbbreviation of باب; with, by; with
4Arabicطَابَق
5Middle Persiantʾp̄k'frying pan
6Proto-Iraniantāpaka-heater {{non-gloss definition|or}} baking place...
7Proto-Iraniantap-to warm up, heat; flat
8Proto-Indo-Europeantep-to be warm, be hot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós