Where does “Gewinnvortrag” come from?

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

Gewinnvortrag (German): profit carried forward, retained earnings the portion of a company's net profit from previous periods that has not been distributed as dividends or allocated to reserves, but is carried over to the next fiscal year

Definitions

  1. profit carried forward, retained earnings the portion of a company's net profit from previous periods that has not been distributed as dividends or allocated to reserves, but is carried over to the next fiscal year

Ancestry of “Gewinnvortrag”, step by step

Gewinnvortrag 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 Vortrag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanVortragtalk, lecture
Every word from Proto-Germanic gawinną →Every word from Old High German giwin →Every word from Middle High German gewin →