Where does “Jobmöglichkeit” come from?
Jobmöglichkeit (German) comes from German Möglichkeit, from German möglich, from German mögen, from Middle High German mugen, from Old High German mugan, from Proto-West Germanic magan, from Proto-Germanic maganą, from Proto-Indo-European (me)mógʰe — to be able.
Jobmöglichkeit (German): job opportunity
Definitions
- job opportunity
Ancestry of “Jobmöglichkeit”, step by step
Jobmöglichkeit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Möglichkeit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Möglichkeit | possibility, likelihood; option, choice |
| 2 | German | möglich | possible; potential; likely; a whole bunch of; a... |
| 3 | German | mögen | to like; to want to go; may |
| 4 | Middle High German | mugen | can |
| 5 | Old High German | mugan | can, be able, must, shall, may |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | magan | to be able, may |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | maganą | to be able, may |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (me)mógʰe | to have power, to be able to |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | megʰ- | to be able |
via German job
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | job | job, position, employment |
| 2 | English | Job | A person who shows remarkable patience |
| 3 | Latin | Iob | Job |
| 4 | Latin | iuppiter | Jupiter god of the sky and ruler of the Roman pantheon |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | djous patēr | Jupiter |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | sky, heaven |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |