Where does “Haftungsnehmer” come from?
Haftungsnehmer (German) comes from German Haftung, from German haften, from German haft, from Middle High German haft, from Old High German haft, from Proto-Germanic haftaz, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂ptós, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p- — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
Haftungsnehmer (German): someone who profits from someone’s liability
Definitions
- someone who profits from someone’s liability
Ancestry of “Haftungsnehmer”, step by step
Haftungsnehmer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Haftung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Haftung | liability; adhesion |
| 2 | German | haften | to stick; to be liable |
| 3 | German | haft | arrest, custody, imprisonment the state of being confined by order of a government or ruler |
| 4 | Middle High German | haft | captive, imprisonment, chain; imprisonment; chain... |
| 5 | Old High German | haft | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | haftaz | captive, bound |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂ptós | grabbed |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |
via German Nehmer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Nehmer | taker |
| 2 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 3 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |