Where does “Kabinettsrat” come from?

Kabinettsrat (German) comes from German rät, from Middle High German rāt, from Old High German rāt, from Proto-West Germanic rād, from Proto-Germanic rēdaz, from Proto-Indo-European Hréh₁dʰos, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₁dʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

Kabinettsrat (German): cabinet committee

Definitions

  1. cabinet committee

Ancestry of “Kabinettsrat”, step by step

Kabinettsrat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German rät

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanrätthird-person singular present of raten
2Middle High Germanrātadvice, a piece of advice, counsel
3Old High Germanrātadvice, council; advise
4Proto-West Germanicrādadvice, counsel
5Proto-Germanicrēdazadvice, counsel
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanHréh₁dʰos
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₁dʰ-to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via German Kabinett

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKabinettcabinet; closet; a classification of wine made...
2Frenchcabineta study; an office, a surgery; a cabinet
3French-etsuffix indicating diminution or affection
4Middle French-etUsed to form a diminutive, masculine noun
5Old French-etUsed to form a diminutive, masculine noun;...
6Latin-ātused
7Proto-Italic-ātos
8Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₁dʰ-