Where does “Instrumentalsatz” come from?
Instrumentalsatz (German) comes from German Satz, from Middle High German saz, from Middle High German setzen, from Old High German sezzen, from Proto-West Germanic *sattjan, from Proto-Germanic satjaną, from Proto-Indo-European sodéyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
Instrumentalsatz (German): instrumental clause
Definitions
- instrumental clause
Ancestry of “Instrumentalsatz”, step by step
Instrumentalsatz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Satz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Satz | sentence; proposition, theorem; set |
| 2 | Middle High German | saz | — |
| 3 | Middle High German | setzen | to set, place down |
| 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 instrumental
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | instrumental | instrumental |
| 2 | French | instrumental | instrumental; instrumental, instrumental case |
| 3 | Latin | instrumentalis | instrumental |
| 4 | Latin | īnstrūmentum | An instrument, tool, utensil |
| 5 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 6 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |