Where does “Kreditor” come from?

Kreditor (German) comes from Latin crēditor, from Latin crēditum, from Latin crēdō, from Proto-Italic krezdō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱréddʰh₁eti, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰh₁eti, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

Ancestry of “Kreditor”, step by step

Kreditor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin crēditor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincrēditorcreditor, lender
2Latincrēdituma loan
3Latincrēdōto believe, to trust in, to give credence to
4Proto-Italickrezdōto believe
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱréddʰh₁etito believe, trust
6Proto-Indo-European-dʰh₁etiForms resultative verbs
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

via Russian кредито́р

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianкредито́рcreditor, mortgagee

Words derived from “Kreditor”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -dʰh₁eti →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱréddʰh₁eti →