Where does “Gutachten” come from?
Gutachten (German) comes from German ächten, from Middle High German æhten, from Old High German āhten, from Proto-West Germanic ą̄htijan, from Proto-West Germanic -jan, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
Gutachten (German): opinion of an expert with regard to a specific...
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Ancestry of “Gutachten”, step by step
Gutachten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German ächten
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | ächten | to outlaw, declare as not being protected by law |
| 2 | Middle High German | æhten | — |
| 3 | Old High German | āhten | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | ą̄htijan | to persecute |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -jan | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via German Gut
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Gut | commodity, property, possession, good; a large... |
| 2 | Middle High German | guot | good |
| 3 | Old High German | guot | good |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | gōd | good |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | gudą | invoked one; god, deity |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | gastiz | stranger, guest |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰóstis | stranger, host |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |