Where does “Gesetzeskommentar” come from?
Gesetzeskommentar (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.
Gesetzeskommentar (German): legal commentary a commentary on the law
Definitions
- legal commentary a commentary on the law
Ancestry of “Gesetzeskommentar”, step by step
Gesetzeskommentar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Gesetz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Gesetz | law, act, bill, statute |
| 2 | Middle High German | gesetze | — |
| 3 | Old High German | gisezzida | fixing, determination, assessment; establishment,... |
| 4 | Old High German | sezzen | to make sit, set, put |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *sattjan | to set, place |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | satjaną | to set, to place down |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sodéyeti | to set, to seat, to cause to sit |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
via German Kommentar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kommentar | comment; commentary |
| 2 | Latin | commentarius | memorandum, notebook; diary, journal; a brief |
| 3 | Latin | commentor | I consider thoroughly, think over, deliberate,... |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |