Where does “Kleinstpartei” come from?
Kleinstpartei (German) comes from German Partei, from Dutch partij, from Middle Dutch partie, from Old French partie, from Old French partir, from Latin partiō, from Latin pars, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
Kleinstpartei (German): a microparty, a very small political party, especially one that has no chance at all of reaching the electoral threshold (5% in Germany, 4% in Austria and Switzerland)
Definitions
- a microparty, a very small political party, especially one that has no chance at all of reaching the electoral threshold (5% in Germany, 4% in Austria and Switzerland)
Ancestry of “Kleinstpartei”, step by step
Kleinstpartei traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Partei
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Partei | political party; party participating in a legal... |
| 2 | Dutch | partij | party; some, a few, a small number of |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | partie | — |
| 4 | Old French | partie | part; section |
| 5 | Old French | partir | to leave; to divide up |
| 6 | Latin | partiō | to share, part, apportion; divide, distribute |
| 7 | Latin | pars | part, side, piece, share; some; faction |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via German kleinst
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | kleinst | smallest |
| 2 | German | klein | small, little, tiny, wee, small-scale; little,... |
| 3 | Middle High German | klein | — |
| 4 | Old High German | kleini | small, fine, slender; soft, clean; smart,... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *klainī | fine, small |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | klainiz | shining, fine, splendid; tender, precious |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | g(e)lēi- | gleaming |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵel- | to swallow; swallow |