Where does “Geschäftsvorfall” come from?
Geschäftsvorfall (German) comes from German Vorfall, from German vorfallen, from German fällen, from Middle High German vellen, from Old High German fellen, from Proto-Germanic *fallijan, from Proto-Germanic fallijaną, from Proto-Germanic fallaną — to split off, separate; to chop, to separate.
Geschäftsvorfall (German): business transaction
Definitions
- business transaction
Ancestry of “Geschäftsvorfall”, step by step
Geschäftsvorfall traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Vorfall
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Vorfall | incident (event or occurrence) |
| 2 | German | vorfallen | to happen |
| 3 | German | fällen | to cut down, to fell; to precipitate; to make |
| 4 | Middle High German | vellen | — |
| 5 | Old High German | fellen | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *fallijan | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fallijaną | to cause to fall, to fell |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | fallaną | to fall |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pōl- | — |
| 10 | Slovincian | pól | half |
| 11 | Proto-Slavic | polъ | side, flank; half; member of a pair of options →... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pelH- | to split off, separate; to chop, to separate |
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,... |