Where does “Hilfswissenschaft” come from?

Hilfswissenschaft (German) comes from German Wissenschaft, from German Wissen, from German wissen, from German Besserwisser, from German besser, from Middle High German beȥȥer, from Old High German beȥȥiro, from Proto-West Germanic *batiʀō — to join; to unite; to suit.

Hilfswissenschaft (German): ancillary science

Definitions

  1. ancillary science

Ancestry of “Hilfswissenschaft”, step by step

Hilfswissenschaft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Wissenschaft

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanWissenschaftscience; academia, scholarship; academia,...
2GermanWissenknowledge
3Germanwissento know; to be aware of; to remember
4GermanBesserwisserknow-it-all, wiseguy, wiseacre, smart aleck
5Germanbessercomparative degree of gut; better; inflection of...
6Middle High Germanbeȥȥer
7Old High Germanbeȥȥirobetter
8Proto-West Germanic*batiʀōbetter
9Proto-Germanicbatizôcomparative degree of *gōdaz; comparative degree...
10Proto-Germanicgōdazgood
11Proto-Germanicgadaną
12Proto-Indo-Europeangʰedʰ-to join; to unite; to suit

via German Hilfe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHilfehelp
2Middle High Germanhilfe
3Old High Germanhilfa
4Proto-Germanichilpizhelp
5Proto-Germanichelpanąto help
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelb-help
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰedʰ-
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