Where does “Kaufsucht” come from?

Kaufsucht (German) comes from German Sücht, from Middle High German suht, from Old High German suht, from Proto-Germanic suhtiz, from Proto-Germanic -þiz, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

Kaufsucht (German): shopping addiction, shopaholism

Definitions

  1. shopping addiction, shopaholism

Ancestry of “Kaufsucht”, step by step

Kaufsucht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Sücht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSüchtaddiction
2Middle High Germansuht—
3Old High Germansuht—
4Proto-Germanicsuhtizsickness
5Proto-Germanic-þizForms abstract nouns from verb roots, usually...
6Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

via German käufen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermankäufenAlternative form of kaufen
2Middle High Germankoufen—
3Old High Germankoufento buy
4Proto-Germanic*kaupijan—

Words derived from “Kaufsucht”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →Every word from Proto-Germanic -þiz →Every word from Proto-Germanic suhtiz →