Where does “Gerichtskanzlei” come from?
Gerichtskanzlei (German) comes from German Kanzlei, from Middle High German kanzelie, from Latin cancellārius, from Latin cancelli, from Latin cancer, from Proto-Italic kankros, from Proto-Italic karkros, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-kr̥- — to cut, cut off, sever.
Gerichtskanzlei (German): court registry
Definitions
- court registry
Ancestry of “Gerichtskanzlei”, step by step
Gerichtskanzlei traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Kanzlei
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kanzlei | office; chancellery |
| 2 | Middle High German | kanzelie | — |
| 3 | Latin | cancellārius | A kind of porter, doorkeeper |
| 4 | Latin | cancelli | inflection of cancellus: ## genitive singular ##... |
| 5 | Latin | cancer | a crab; a tumor, cancer; a lattice, grid, or... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kankros | crab |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | karkros | enclosure, barrier |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥-kr̥- | circular |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |
via German Gericht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Gericht | court; judgement; dish |
| 2 | German | richten | to direct, to point; to fix, to rectify, to put... |
| 3 | Middle High German | richten | — |
| 4 | Old High German | rihten | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | rihtijan | to straighten to set straight; to align, to... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | rihtijaną | to straighten, to set straight; to align, to... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |