Where does “Hinweisgeberschutzgesetz” come from?
Hinweisgeberschutzgesetz (German) comes from German Hinweisgeber, from German Hinweis, from German hinweisen, from German weisen, from Middle High German wīsen, from Old High German wīsen, from Proto-West Germanic wīsijan, from Proto-Germanic wīsijaną — he, she.
Hinweisgeberschutzgesetz (German): Whisteblower Protection Act
Definitions
- Whisteblower Protection Act
Ancestry of “Hinweisgeberschutzgesetz”, step by step
Hinweisgeberschutzgesetz traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German Hinweisgeber
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Hinweisgeber | whistleblower |
| 2 | German | Hinweis | hint; clue; pointer; an act or thing which makes... |
| 3 | German | hinweisen | to portend; to point out |
| 4 | German | weisen | to point; to indicate; to show |
| 5 | Middle High German | wīsen | to teach |
| 6 | Old High German | wīsen | to indicate, show |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | wīsijan | to make wise, knowing; to show, instruct |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | wīsijaną | to make wise, knowing; to show, instruct |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via German Gesetz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Gesetz | law, act, bill, statute |
| 2 | Middle High German | gesetze | — |
| 3 | Old High German | gisezzida | fixing, determination, assessment; establishment,... |
| 4 | Old High German | sezzen | to make sit, set, put |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *sattjan | to set, place |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | satjaną | to set, to place down |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sodéyeti | to set, to seat, to cause to sit |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
via German Schütz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Schütz | contactor |
| 2 | German | schützen | to defend; to protect; to shelter; to guard; to... |
| 3 | Middle High German | schützen | to dam; to grant protection; to protect; to... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | skutjaną | to bar, bolt |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skuttą | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kewd- | to advance, push; to drive, propel |