Where does “Gerichtsdokument” come from?

Gerichtsdokument (German) comes from German Gericht, from German richten, from Middle High German richten, from Old High German rihten, from Proto-West Germanic rihtijan, from Proto-Germanic rihtijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.

Gerichtsdokument (German): court document

Definitions

  1. court document

Ancestry of “Gerichtsdokument”, step by step

Gerichtsdokument traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Gericht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGerichtcourt; judgement; dish
2Germanrichtento direct, to point; to fix, to rectify, to put...
3Middle High Germanrichten
4Old High Germanrihten
5Proto-West Germanicrihtijanto straighten to set straight; to align, to...
6Proto-Germanicrihtijanąto straighten, to set straight; to align, to...
7Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
8Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
10Chichewaiyehe, she

via German Dokument

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanDokumentdocument
2Latindocumentumlesson; instruction; warning
3Latin-mentuminstrument, medium, or result of; e.g....
4Latin-mentanominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural...
5Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs
Every word from Chichewa iyeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -janąEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti
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