Where does “Kollektivschuld” come from?

Kollektivschuld (German) comes from German Kollektiv, from French collectif, from Latin collēctīvus, from Latin collēctus, from Latin colligere, from Latin colligō, from Latin com-, from Latin con- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

Kollektivschuld (German): collective guilt

Definitions

  1. collective guilt

Ancestry of “Kollektivschuld”, step by step

Kollektivschuld traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Kollektiv

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKollektivcollective
2Frenchcollectifcollective
3Latincollēctīvuscollected or gathered together
4Latincollēctusgathered, having been gathered; collected, having been collected; assembled, having been assembled
5Latincolligeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
6Latincolligōto gather, draw, bring or collect (together), assemble, pick up; contract, draw up, compress, concentrate; harvest
7Latincom-allomorph of con-
8Latincon-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing...
9Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
10Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
11Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
13Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
14Middle Englishkyt
15Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
16Old High Germankuti
17Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
18Proto-Germanickweduzresin
19Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
20Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via German Schuld

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchulddebt; fault; guilt
2Middle High Germanschult
3Old High Germansculddebt
4Proto-West Germanicskuldiobligation; debt; fault, blame, guilt
5Proto-Germanicskuldizobligation; debt; fault, blame, guilt
6Proto-Indo-Europeanskéltis
7Proto-Indo-Europeansḱel-to be obligated, owe
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₁-to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-
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