Where does “Kinderbetreuung” come from?

Kinderbetreuung (German) comes from German kind, from Middle High German kint, from Old High German kind, from Proto-West Germanic kind, from Proto-Germanic kindą, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

Kinderbetreuung (German): childcare

Definitions

  1. childcare

Ancestry of “Kinderbetreuung”, step by step

Kinderbetreuung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German kind

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankindkid; child young person
2Middle High Germankintkid; child
3Old High Germankindkid; child
4Proto-West Germanickindchild
5Proto-GermanickindąAlternative form of *kinþą; child; offspring
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

via German Betreuung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBetreuungcare; tutelage, guardianship
2German-ung-ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing...
3Middle High German-ung—
4Old High German-unga-ing
5Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kindą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic kind →