Where does “Klimanotstand” come from?
Klimanotstand (German) comes from German Klima, from Latin clima, from Ancient Greek κλίμα, from Ancient Greek κλίνω, from Proto-Indo-European ḱley-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱel- — to cover; to incline.
Klimanotstand (German): climate emergency
Definitions
- climate emergency
Ancestry of “Klimanotstand”, step by step
Klimanotstand traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Klima
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Klima | climate |
| 2 | Latin | clima | slope, inclination; A Roman unit of area... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κλίμα | a slope, incline, inclination; the supposed slope... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | κλίνω | to bend, slant; to cause to give way, cause to... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱley- | to shelter, cover; to lean, slope, incline |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱel- | to cover; to incline |
via German Notstand
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Notstand | emergency, state of emergency |
| 2 | German | nōt | need, imminence |
| 3 | Middle High German | nōt | — |
| 4 | Old High German | nōt | control (by violence), compulsion, coercion, extortion |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *naudi | force, compulsion |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | naudiz | need; trouble, distress; compulsion, force |