Where does “Gewinnausschüttung” come from?

Gewinnausschüttung (German) comes from German Gewinn, from Middle High German gewin, from Old High German giwin, from Proto-Germanic gawinną.

Gewinnausschüttung (German): profit distribution the payment of a portion of a company's net profit to its shareholders or partners

Definitions

  1. profit distribution the payment of a portion of a company's net profit to its shareholders or partners

Ancestry of “Gewinnausschüttung”, step by step

Gewinnausschüttung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Gewinn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGewinnprofit; gain; winnings
2Middle High Germangewin—
3Old High Germangiwinprofit, gain
4Proto-Germanicgawinną—

via German Ausschüttung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAusschüttungpayout
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