Where does “Gemeinwesenarbeit” come from?

Gemeinwesenarbeit (German) comes from German arbeit, from Middle High German arbeit, from Old High German arbeit, from Proto-West Germanic arbaiþi, from Proto-Germanic arbaidiz, from Proto-Indo-European h₃órbʰos, from Proto-Indo-European h₃erbʰ- — to change allegiance, status, ownership;...

Gemeinwesenarbeit (German): community work social work structured by the issues of a community

Definitions

  1. community work social work structured by the issues of a community

Ancestry of “Gemeinwesenarbeit”, step by step

Gemeinwesenarbeit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German arbeit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanarbeittoil, regularly performed work, regularly pursued economic activity, labor, job, employment, occupation
2Middle High Germanarbeit
3Old High Germanarbeit
4Proto-West Germanicarbaiþihardship
5Proto-Germanicarbaidizlabour, work, toil; hardship, suffering
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃órbʰosorphan; servant, slave, worker
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃erbʰ-to change allegiance, status, ownership;...

via German Gemeinwesen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGemeinwesenbody politic
2Germangemeinmean, base, nasty, cruel, wicked, vile, vicious,...
3Middle High Germangemein
4Old High Germangimeinī
5Proto-West Germanicgamainīcommon; shared, communal
6Proto-Germanicgamainizshared, communal, public; common, ordinary
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moynis
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃erbʰ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃órbʰosEvery word from Proto-Germanic arbaidiz