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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAbführungtransfer, remittance, surrender the act of transferring profits or funds from one entity to another, usually under a legal or contractual obligation
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."

via German Gewinn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGewinnprofit; gain; winnings
2Middle High Germangewin
3Old High Germangiwinprofit, gain
4Proto-Germanicgawinną
Every word from Proto-Germanic -ungō