Where does “Historikerstreit” come from?
Historikerstreit (German) comes from German Historiker, from Latin historicus, from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ἱστορία, from Ancient Greek ἱστορέω, from Ancient Greek ἵστωρ, from Proto-Hellenic wístōr, from Proto-Indo-European wéydtōr.
Historikerstreit (German): A 1980s West German debate on how to incorporate Nazi Germany and the Holocaust into German historiography, and more generally into the German people's view of themselves
Definitions
- A 1980s West German debate on how to incorporate Nazi Germany and the Holocaust into German historiography, and more generally into the German people's view of themselves
Ancestry of “Historikerstreit”, step by step
Historikerstreit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Historiker
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Historiker | historian |
| 2 | Latin | historicus | historical |
| 3 | Latin | historia | history; account; story |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἱστορία | inquiry, examination, systematic observation,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἱστορέω | to inquire, ask; to examine, observe; to record,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἵστωρ | one who knows law and right, judge; witness; a... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | wístōr | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wéydtōr | one who has seen, one who knows |
| 9 | Indo-European | *weyd- | — |