Where does “Genuskauf” come from?

Genuskauf (German) comes from German Genus, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

Genuskauf (German): generic purchase

Definitions

  1. generic purchase

Ancestry of “Genuskauf”, step by step

Genuskauf traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Genus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGenusgender; voice, gender
2Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
3Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

via German Kauf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKaufpurchase
2Middle High Germankouftrade
3Old High Germankoufcommerce, trade; barter; purchase
4Proto-West Germanickauptrade, purchase
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →