Where does “Gastungspflicht” come from?

Gastungspflicht (German) comes from German Pflicht, from Old High German pfliht, from Proto-West Germanic plihti, from Proto-West Germanic plehan — to stand up for; to be responsible for.

Gastungspflicht (German): the duty to show hospitality and provide lodgings to a king and his court

Definitions

  1. the duty to show hospitality and provide lodgings to a king and his court

Ancestry of “Gastungspflicht”, step by step

Gastungspflicht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Pflicht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPflichtduty
2Old High Germanpfliht—
3Proto-West Germanicplihticare, maintenance, diligence; responsibility,...
4Proto-West Germanicplehanto stand up for; to be responsible for

via German Gastung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGastung—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic plehan →Every word from Proto-West Germanic plihti →Every word from Old High German pfliht →