Where does “Geisteszustand” come from?
Geisteszustand (German) comes from German zustand, from German zustehen, from German zu-, from Middle High German zuo-, from Old High German zuo-, from Proto-West Germanic *tō, from Proto-Germanic tō, from Proto-Indo-European de — Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...
Geisteszustand (German): state of mind
Definitions
- state of mind
Ancestry of “Geisteszustand”, step by step
Geisteszustand traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German zustand
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | zustand | condition; state |
| 2 | German | zustehen | to be entitled; to occur |
| 3 | German | zu- | Prefix meaning to, to-, at, on, by; Obsolete form... |
| 4 | Middle High German | zuo- | — |
| 5 | Old High German | zuo- | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *tō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tō | to |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | de | Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;... |