Where does “Jahressonderzahlung” come from?
Jahressonderzahlung (German) comes from German Sonderzahlung, from German Zählung, from German zählen, from Middle High German zeln, from Old High German zellan, from Proto-West Germanic talljan, from Proto-Germanic taljaną, from Proto-Germanic talą — to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...
Jahressonderzahlung (German): annual special payment a yearly bonus or thirteenth-month salary, often stipulated in collective bargaining agreements
Definitions
- annual special payment a yearly bonus or thirteenth-month salary, often stipulated in collective bargaining agreements
Ancestry of “Jahressonderzahlung”, step by step
Jahressonderzahlung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Sonderzahlung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Sonderzahlung | special payment, bonus an additional payment made outside of regular wages, such as a Christmas or holiday bonus |
| 2 | German | Zählung | count (the process and the result of establishing the number or quantity of items); census; metering, reckoning |
| 3 | German | zählen | to count; to reckon, to consider, to deem; to... |
| 4 | Middle High German | zeln | — |
| 5 | Old High German | zellan | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | talljan | to count, to enumerate; to recount, to tell |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | taljaną | to enumerate, count; to account, recount, tell |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | talą | speech; number |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dol- | reckoning, calculation, fraud; calculation, fraud |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |
via German jahr
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | jahr | year solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one orbit of the Sun |
| 2 | German | -jährig | years old; years lasting |
| 3 | German | -ig | -y; forms adjectives from nouns; forms adjectives... |
| 4 | Middle High German | -ic | — |
| 5 | Old High German | -ig | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |