Where does “Gewinnabführung” come from?
Gewinnabführung (German) comes from German Abführung, from German -ung, from Middle High German -ung, from Old High German -unga, from Proto-Germanic -ungō — -ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs.".
Gewinnabführung (German): profit transfer, profit surrender the act of a subsidiary transferring its annual earnings to a parent company
Definitions
- profit transfer, profit surrender the act of a subsidiary transferring its annual earnings to a parent company
Ancestry of “Gewinnabführung”, step by step
Gewinnabführung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Abführung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Abführung | transfer, remittance, surrender the act of transferring profits or funds from one entity to another, usually under a legal or contractual obligation |
| 2 | German | -ung | -ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing... |
| 3 | Middle High German | -ung | — |
| 4 | Old High German | -unga | -ing |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ungō | -ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs." |