Where does “Gebiet” come from?

Gebiet (German) comes from Middle High German gebiet, from Middle High German gebieten, from Old High German gibiotan.

Gebiet (German): area; territory; a set with certain properties

Definitions

  1. area; territory; a set with certain properties

Ancestry of “Gebiet”, step by step

Gebiet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German gebiet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germangebiet—
2Middle High Germangebietento command
3Old High Germangibiotan—

via Middle High German gebiete

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germangebietejurisdiction; area of command
Every word from Old High German gibiotan →Every word from Middle High German gebieten →Every word from Middle High German gebiet →