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
- 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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | arbeit | toil, regularly performed work, regularly pursued economic activity, labor, job, employment, occupation |
| 2 | Middle High German | arbeit | — |
| 3 | Old High German | arbeit | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | arbaiþi | hardship |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | arbaidiz | labour, work, toil; hardship, suffering |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃órbʰos | orphan; servant, slave, worker |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃erbʰ- | to change allegiance, status, ownership;... |
via German Gemeinwesen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Gemeinwesen | body politic |
| 2 | German | gemein | mean, base, nasty, cruel, wicked, vile, vicious,... |
| 3 | Middle High German | gemein | — |
| 4 | Old High German | gimeinī | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | gamainī | common; shared, communal |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | gamainiz | shared, communal, public; common, ordinary |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moynis | — |