Where does “Gerichtsurteil” come from?
Gerichtsurteil (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.
Gerichtsurteil (German): judgment, court decision, court ruling
Definitions
- judgment, court decision, court ruling
Ancestry of “Gerichtsurteil”, step by step
Gerichtsurteil traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via German urteil
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | urteil | judgment (the preferred spelling in a legal context), verdict, sentence court decision |
| 2 | Middle High German | urteil | — |
| 3 | Old High German | urteil | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | uzdailiją | something handed or meted out; allotment, share |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | uzdailijaną | to mete out; to deal out; dispense |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | uz- | up, out |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | uss- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | uds- | up, out |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |