Where does “Gnadenstoß” come from?

Gnadenstoß (German) comes from German Gnade, from Old Saxon ginatha, from Old Saxon gī, from Proto-West Germanic jiʀ, from Proto-Germanic jīz, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs — you (plural).

Gnadenstoß (German): coup de grâce

Definitions

  1. coup de grâce

Ancestry of “Gnadenstoß”, step by step

Gnadenstoß traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Gnade

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGnadegrace, mercy, graciousness; a grace, an act of...
2Old Saxonginathamercy
3Old Saxongīyou plural
4Proto-West Germanicjiʀyou
5Proto-GermanicjīzAlternative form of *jūz
6Proto-Indo-European*yúHsyou (plural)

via German Stoß

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStoßpush; the rectrices
2Old High Germanstoz—

Words derived from “Gnadenstoß”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs →Every word from Proto-Germanic jīz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic jiʀ →