Where does “Geschäftsleute” come from?
Geschäftsleute (German) comes from German leute, from Middle High German liute, from Old High German liuti, from Proto-West Germanic *liud(i), from Proto-Germanic liudīz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁léwdʰis, from Proto-Indo-European h₁lewdʰ- — to grow; people.
Geschäftsleute (German): plural of Geschäftsmann
Definitions
- plural of Geschäftsmann
Ancestry of “Geschäftsleute”, step by step
Geschäftsleute traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German leute
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | leute | people several individual persons, a group of people in general, esp. of one kind or another, folk (folks), peeps slang, guys (boys and/or girls) |
| 2 | Middle High German | liute | — |
| 3 | Old High German | liuti | people, subordinates |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *liud(i) | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | liudīz | man, person |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁léwdʰis | people |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁lewdʰ- | to grow; people |
via German geschäft
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | geschäft | shop, store |
| 2 | German | schaffen | to create; to produce; to make; to cause; to... |
| 3 | Middle High German | schaffen | to make, create |
| 4 | Old High German | scaffan | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | skappjan | to make, to create |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skapjaną | to make, to create; to shape |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | skab- | to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,... |