Where does “Hinterlegung” come from?
Hinterlegung (German) comes from German hinterlegen, from German legen, from Middle High German legen, from Old High German legen, from Proto-West Germanic laggjan, from Proto-Germanic lagjaną, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.
Hinterlegung (German): deposit act
Definitions
- deposit act
Ancestry of “Hinterlegung”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | hinterlegen | to deposit |
| 2 | German | legen | to lay, to put, to place, to position, so that it... |
| 3 | Middle High German | legen | to lay, to put into a horizontal position |
| 4 | Old High German | legen | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | laggjan | to lay, to place |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | lagjaną | to lay, to place in a resting position |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | legʰ- | to lie |