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

  1. 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

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 Kommentar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKommentarcomment; commentary
2Latincommentariusmemorandum, notebook; diary, journal; a brief
3LatincommentorI consider thoroughly, think over, deliberate,...
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yetiEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -éyetiEvery word from Proto-Indo-European sodéyeti