Where does “Gedächtnisverlust” come from?

Gedächtnisverlust (German) comes from German Verlust, from Middle High German verlust, from Old High German firlust, from Proto-West Germanic *fralusti, from Proto-Germanic *fralustiz — loss.

Gedächtnisverlust (German): loss of memory, amnesia

Definitions

  1. loss of memory, amnesia

Ancestry of “Gedächtnisverlust”, step by step

Gedächtnisverlust traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Verlust

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanVerlustloss
2Middle High Germanverlust
3Old High Germanfirlust
4Proto-West Germanic*fralustiloss
5Proto-Germanic*fralustizloss

via German Gedächtnis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGedächtnismemory ability to recall
2Middle High Germangedæhtnisse
3Old High Germangithēhtnissithoughts
Every word from Proto-Germanic *fralustiz