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Where does “Gesetzesübertretung” come from?

Gesetzesübertretung (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.

Gesetzesübertretung (German): legal offence, infringement of the law, breach of...

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  1. legal offence, infringement of the law, breach of...

Ancestry of “Gesetzesübertretung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGesetzlaw, act, bill, statute
2Middle High Germangesetze—
3Old High Germangisezzidafixing, determination, assessment; establishment,...
4Old High Germansezzento make sit, set, put
5Proto-West Germanic*sattjan—
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
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