Where does “Investitionsstau” come from?

Investitionsstau (German) comes from German Investition, from German investieren, from English invest, from English investigate, from English investigation, from Latin investīgātiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

Investitionsstau (German): investment backlog, capital expenditure gap a situation where a company or industry fails to reinvest sufficiently to maintain or modernize its productive assets, often characterized by net investments falling below depreciation levels

Definitions

investment backlog, capital expenditure gap a situation where a company or industry fails to reinvest sufficiently to maintain or modernize its productive assets, often characterized by net investments falling below depreciation levels

Ancestry of “Investitionsstau”, step by step

Investitionsstau traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Investition

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	German	Investition	investment (a placement of capital in expectation of deriving income or profit from its use)
2	German	investieren	to invest
3	English	invest	To spend money, time, or energy on something,...
4	English	investigate	To inquire into or study in order to ascertain...
5	English	investigation	The act of investigating; the process of...
6	Latin	investīgātiō	inquiry, investigation
7	Latin	-tiō	tion, -ation, -ing
8	Latin	dissertātiō	(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
9	Latin	dissertus	arranged, disposed; explained
10	Latin	disserere	second-person singular future passive indicative...
11	Latin	dis-	asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
12	Latin	calceus	shoe
13	Latin	calx	limestone; chalk; the finish line
14	Ancient Greek	χάλιξ	small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via German stau

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	German	stau	singular imperative of stauen; first-person...

Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξ →Every word from Latin -tiō →Every word from Latin dis- →