Where does “Handlungsbedarf” come from?

Handlungsbedarf (German) comes from German Bedarf, from Middle Low German bedarf, from Middle Low German bedörven, from Old Saxon bi-, from Old Saxon bī, from Old English bī-, from Old English bī, from Proto-West Germanic bī — on, onto.

Handlungsbedarf (German): need for action

Definitions

  1. need for action

Ancestry of “Handlungsbedarf”, step by step

Handlungsbedarf traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Bedarf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBedarfneed; demand
2Middle Low Germanbedarf
3Middle Low Germanbedörven
4Old Saxonbi-A productive prefix usually used to form verbs...
5Old Saxonby, near, around
6Old Englishbī-by, near, around; by-
7Old Englishlullaby!; near, by; by, near, around
8Proto-West Germanicby, at; near, around
9Proto-Germanicbiby, at; near, around
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂m̥bʰiaround, on either side of, about; in exchange...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂n̥tbʰi
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éntsforehead; front
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ent-face; forehead; front
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via German Handlung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHandlungplot; deed; action, act
2Germanhandelnto act; to take action; to negotiate; to bargain;...
3EnglishhandleThe part of an object which is held in the hand...
4Middle Englishhandel
5Old Englishhandlea handle
6Old Englishhandlianto handle
7Proto-West Germanichandulōnto handle
8Proto-Germanichandlōnąto take or hold in the hand, seize, grip
9Proto-Germanichanduzhand
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-