Where does “Gesetzesänderung” come from?

Gesetzesänderung (German) comes from German Gesetz, from Middle High German gesetze, from Old High German gisezzida, from Old High German sezzen, from Proto-West Germanic *sattjan, from Proto-Germanic satjaną, from Proto-Indo-European sodéyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

Gesetzesänderung (German): change in the law

Definitions

  1. change in the law

Ancestry of “Gesetzesänderung”, step by step

Gesetzesänderung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Gesetz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGesetzlaw, act, bill, statute
2Middle High Germangesetze—
3Old High Germangisezzidafixing, determination, assessment; establishment,...
4Old High Germansezzento make sit, set, put
5Proto-West Germanic*sattjanto set, place
6Proto-Germanicsatjanąto set, to place down
7Proto-Indo-Europeansodéyetito set, to seat, to cause to sit
8Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
9Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

via German Änderung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanÄnderungchange, modification
2German-ung-ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing...
3Middle High German-ung—
4Old High German-unga-ing
5Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sodéyeti →